CVE-2006-2856 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious script in a writable directory due to insecure default permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-2856?
CVE-2006-2856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jun 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2856?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Activestate Activeperl.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2856?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2856 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-2856 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2856 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8xc3-rg94-5c3f.