CVE-2005-0156
Buffer overflow in the PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to execute…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 29% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to execute arbitrary code by setting the PERLIO_DEBUG variable and executing a Perl script whose full pathname contains a long directory tree.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Setuid perl - 'PerlIO_Debug()' Local Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 791local, linuxpublished 7 Feb 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- 20050207 DMA[2005-0131b] - 'Setuid Perl PERLIO_DEBUG (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0131b%5D.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 12426 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 14120 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2005-0003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10803 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 55314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050202 [USN-72-1] Perl vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- CLSA-2006:1056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152845 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- perl-perliodebug-bo(19208) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0157 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0156)Record last updated .