Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2006-2856 (CCN-26915)

Assigned:2006-06-05
Published:2006-06-05
Updated:2017-07-20
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2006-2856

Source: CCN
Type: SA20328
ActivePerl sitecustomize.pl Privilege Escalation

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
20328

Source: CCN
Type: ActiveState Web site
ActiveState - ActivePerl free Perl open source binary language distribution

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
25974

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 25974
ActivePerl sitecustomize.pl Local Privilege Escalation

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
18269

Source: CCN
Type: BID-18269
ActiveState ActivePerl Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2006-2140

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
activeperl-sitecustomize-code-execution(26915)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
activeperl-sitecustomize-code-execution(26915)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:activestate:activeperl:5.8.8.817:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:activestate:activeperl:5.8.8.817:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    activestate activeperl 5.8.8.817
    activestate activeperl 5.8.8.817