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>> ActiveState ActivePerl "sitecustomize.pl" Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Title : ActiveState ActivePerl "sitecustomize.pl" Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2140
CVE ID : CVE-2006-2856
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-06-05
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A vulnerability has been identified in ActiveState ActivePerl, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain elevated privileges. This flaw is due to insecure permissions being set on certain directories, which could be exploited by local attackers to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of another user by creating a malicious "sitecustomize.pl" file in the "site/lib" directory.
Affected Products
ActiveState ActivePerl version 5.8.8.817 (Windows) and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2140
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Kreej
ChangeLog
2006-06-05 : Initial release
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