CVE-2005-4278

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.40% (34th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

18 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-426USLLM-inferred

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
larry wall perl≤ 5.8.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.4.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-12-16modified 2026-06-16

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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