{"cve":"CVE-2005-4278","nvd":{"published":"2005-12-16T11:03:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:30.343","status":"Modified","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/17232","http://secunia.com/advisories/55314","http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml","http://www.osvdb.org/20086","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120"],"products":["larry_wall:perl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:40:09.211843075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-4278","score":0.00397,"percentile":0.33938,"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."]}