CVE-2005-4217: Apple Mac OS X Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 does not properly drop privileges when using the "$<" variable to set uid, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.3.9 only

Published 2005-12-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.