CVE-2005-4217 (GCVE-0-2005-4217)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-12-14 11:00
      Modified
2024-08-07 23:38
      
          Severity ?
        
        
          VLAI Severity ?
        
        
          EPSS score ?
        
        CWE
          - n/a
 
Summary
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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