CVE-2005-0155

Exp

The PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to create arbitrary files via the PERLIO_DEBUG variable.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0155 is rated Exploit Available (52.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0155

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
792 exploit_db edb 2005-02-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0155

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.68% 0.37% -0.31%
2 2025-03-29 0.36% 0.68% +0.32%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0155

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0155

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0155

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0155 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0155
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0155
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0155 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (perl), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0155

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0155

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
larry_wall perl 5.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0155

URL Tags
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737149402683&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110779723332339&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14120
http://secunia.com/advisories/21646
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-163.htm
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0131a%5D.txt
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12426 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/ Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19207
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10404
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