CVE-2016-10374
MEDIUMperltidy < 2016-03-02 - Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Attack
Title source: llmDescription
perltidy through 20160302, as used by perlcritic, check-all-the-things, and other software, relies on the current working directory for certain output files and does not have a symlink-attack protection mechanism, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symlink, as demonstrated by creating a perltidy.ERR symlink that the victim cannot delete.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/862667
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0032
EPSS Percentile
23.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (1)
perltidy_project/perltidy
< 2016-03-02
Published
May 17, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026