CVE-2010-1168

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Safe (aka Safe.pm) module before 2.25 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended (1) Safe::reval and (2) Safe::rdo access restrictions, and inject and execute arbitrary code, via vectors involving implicitly called methods and implicitly blessed objects, as demonstrated by the (a) DESTROY and (b) AUTOLOAD methods, related to "automagic methods."

Affected products

Rafael Garcia-Suarez Safe: 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 (+9)

References

http://blogs.perl.org/users/rafael_garcia-suarez/2010/03/new-safepm-fixes-security-hole.html
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_1168_vulnerability_in
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RGARCIA/Safe-2.27/Changes
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
http://secunia.com/advisories/40049
http://secunia.com/advisories/40052
http://secunia.com/advisories/42402
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024062
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:115
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:116
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/20/5

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