CVE-2016-4748 in macOS

Summary

Perl in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to bypass the taint-mode protection mechanism via a crafted environment variable.

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• Reservation: 05/11/2016
• Disclosure: 09/25/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-92098 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-254 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.00058
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4748
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4748
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-4748/