CVE-2005-4217

N/A Unknown

Published: December 14, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 does not properly drop privileges when using the "$<" variable to set uid, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/17922

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19064

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/21800

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15833

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382