Arbitrary Code Execution in App::Context Perl Module

CVE-2012-6141 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The App::Context module 0.01 through 0.968 for Perl does not properly use the Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to (1) App::Session::Cookie or (2) App::Session::HTMLHidden, which is not properly handled when it is deserialized.

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