CVE-2014-5509

MEDIUM

Clipboard module for Perl - Arbitrary File Deletion via Symlink Attack on /tmp/clipedit$$

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

clipedit in the Clipboard module for Perl allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/clipedit$$.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=98435
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/30/2
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135624
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69473

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0040
EPSS Percentile 31.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
clipboard_project/clipboard
Published Jan 08, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026