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CVE-2005-4217

CVE-2005-4217

EPSS 2.7%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17922http://secunia.com/advisories/19064https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561http://www.osvdb.org/21800http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15833http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791