Privilege Escalation in Perl - CVE-2016-1238
Published: October 10, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU811
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1238
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Perl
Affected software:
Perl
Perl
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. By sending and tricking the victim to load a specially crafted code a malicious user can cause arbitrary code execution that allows them to gain root privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will result in arbitrary code execution that allows a local attacker to get elevated privilegs on the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1238
Update to version 5.22.3 or 5.24.1.