CVE-2012-5377 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/86177 https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23108