7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-6185
ProCESS Perl Use-After-Free Local Vulnerability
Description

The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.

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Published Date :

Aug. 2, 2016, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:33 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-6185 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-6185 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Oracle solaris
1 Perl perl
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-6185.

URL Resource
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-6185 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-6185 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/
    Removed Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/
    Removed Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.25.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.23.0 up to (excluding) 5.24.1 *cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.25.0 up to (excluding) 5.25.3
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7 Issue Tracking http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808 Issue Tracking https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-284
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.25.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7 No Types Assigned http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808 No Types Assigned https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-6185 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-6185 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.08236

percentile

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