Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-6185

RCE

Title: Perl RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-6185.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 02, 2016

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.79%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-6185: The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.

Impacted Vendors

perl 1

larry_wall 1

Reference Links

http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/ https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/ http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/ https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-6185 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 02, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.