CVE-2015-3409

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2015-05-19 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Module::Signature before 0.75 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse Text::Diff module.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04
Module-Signature Project Module-Signature: through 0.74

References

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2607-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3261
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73937
https://github.com/audreyt/module-signature/commit/c41e8885b862b9fce2719449bc9336f0bea658ef
https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Module-Signature
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2607-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3261
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73937

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