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CVE-2006-2856

N/A
Published: June 6, 2006 at 08:03 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorActiveperl

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

ActiveState ActivePerl 5.8.8.817 for Windows configures the site/lib directory with "Users" group permissions for changing files, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a malicious sitecustomize.pl file in that directory. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20328
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/25974
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18269
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2140
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26915

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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