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CVE-2016-6185
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-02T14:59:02.943 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:35.950

Summary

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.

Affected products

perl — perl

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References

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