CVE-2015-3409

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3409
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-19 18:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in Module::Signature before 0.75 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse Text::Diff module.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Application Module-signature Project Module-signature All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
* Avoid loading modules from relative paths in @INC for Text::Diff etc. · audreyt/module-signature@c41e888 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Module::Signature 'Signature.pm' Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Module::Signature before 0.75 - multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-2607-1: Module::Signature vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE request: Module::Signature before 0.75 - multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3261-1 libmodule-signature-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Changes - metacpan.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 metacpan.org
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