Search/CVE-2012-5377
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CVE-2012-5377

VendoractivestateProductactiveperlDiscoveredOct 11, 2012UpdatedApr 29, 2026

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in ActivePerl 5.16.1.1601, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\Perl\Site\bin directory, which is added to the PATH system environment variable, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse wlbsctrl.dll file used by the "IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules" system service in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 Release Preview.

CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
1.27%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Connections
1 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Oct 11, 2012
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 29, 2026