CVE-2006-2856

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-06 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Activestate Activeperl: 5.8.8.817

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20328
http://www.osvdb.org/25974
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18269
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2140
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26915
http://secunia.com/advisories/20328
http://www.osvdb.org/25974
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18269
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2140
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26915

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