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CVE-2004-0377
Buffer overflow in the win32_stat function for (1) ActiveState's ActivePerl and (2) Larry Wall's Perl before 5.8.3 allows local or remote…
High10.0EPSS 6.8%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the win32_stat function for (1) ActiveState's ActivePerl and (2) Larry Wall's Perl before 5.8.3 allows local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that end in a backslash character.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.8% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- perl-win32stat-bo(15732) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040405 [Full-Disclosure] iDEFENSE Security Advisory 04.05.04: Perl win32_stat Function (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse?patch=22552 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#722414 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=93&type=vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20040405 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 04.05.04: Perl win32_stat Function (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (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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