CVE-2005-4278

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

Published: 2005-12-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4278 is rated Low Risk (37/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4278

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 2023-05-11 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.04% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4278

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4278

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4278

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2005-4278 unimportant 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-2005-4278
gentoo low CVE-2005-4278: 1 GLSA(s) (200510-14), 3 atom(s) (dev-db/qt-unixODBC, dev-lang/perl, dev-util/cmake); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-4278

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4278

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
larry_wall perl <= 5.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4278

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