{"cve":"CVE-2005-4217","nvd":{"published":"2005-12-14T11:03:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:22.613","status":"Modified","description":"Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 does not properly drop privileges when using the \"$<\" variable to set uid, which allows attackers to gain privileges.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/17922","http://secunia.com/advisories/19064","http://www.osvdb.org/21800"],"products":["apple:mac_os_x_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:40:09.211843075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-4217","score":0.02736,"percentile":0.86121,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}