CVE-2016-10374

MEDIUM

Perltidy < 2016-03-02 - Symlink Following

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
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 (2)
perltidy_project/perltidy < 2016-03-02
n/a/n/a
Published May 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026