CVE-2004-0377 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the win32_stat function for (1) ActiveState's ActivePerl and (2) Larry Wall's Perl before 5.8.3 allows local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that end in a backslash character.

Published: 2004-04-06

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 6.8% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06766.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019794.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118694327979&w=2
http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse?patch=22552
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=93&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722414
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15732

History

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Subscriptions

Activestate Activeperl

Larry Wall Perl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-04-06T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.400Z

Reserved: 2004-03-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0377

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-05-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:05:31.223

Link: CVE-2004-0377

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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