ActiveState ActivePerl CVE-2012-5377 Vulnerability

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in ActivePerl 5.16.1.1601, when installed in the top-level C:\\ directory, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\\Perl\\Site\\bin directory, which is added to the PATH system environment variable, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse wlbsctrl.dll file used by the \"IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules\" system service in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 Release Preview.

Affected Applications

ActivePerl

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