CVE-2016-6185

high

Published 2016-08-02 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
fedora	22	affected
fedora	23	affected
fedora	24	affected
debian	8.0	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	16.04	affected
ubuntu	17.10	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`5.22.2-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.22.2-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`5.22.2-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`5.22.2-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`5.22.2-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
perl	perl	`{"startIncluding":"5.23.0","endExcluding":"5.24.1"}`	`5.24.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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