CVE-2004-0377

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019794.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118694327979&w=2
http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse?patch=22552
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=93&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722414Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15732
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019794.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118694327979&w=2
http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse?patch=22552
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=93&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722414Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15732

Timeline

Published: May 4, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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