Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-6329

RCE

Title: Perl RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2012-6329

CWE Category CWE-94
Published Date Jan 04, 2013
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
62.20%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-6329: The _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and fully qualified method names during compilation of bracket notation, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to an application that accepts translation strings from users, as demonstrated by the TWiki application before 5.1.3, and the Foswiki application 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6.

Impacted Vendors

P
perl 1
L
larry_wall 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=695224 http://code.activestate.com/lists/perl5-porters/187746/ http://code.activestate.com/lists/perl5-porters/187763/ http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/4 http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/pod/perl5177delta.pod http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1735f6f53ca19f99c6e9e39496c486af323ba6a8 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30219695 http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56950 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2099-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884354 https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0032 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=695224 http://code.activestate.com/lists/perl5-porters/187746/ http://code.activestate.com/lists/perl5-porters/187763/ http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/4 http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/pod/perl5177delta.pod http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1735f6f53ca19f99c6e9e39496c486af323ba6a8 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30219695 http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56950 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2099-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884354 https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0032
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-6329 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23580
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23579
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.