VDB
CVE-2016-10374
CVE-2016-10374
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.04% · 11.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.04%
11.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | perltidy | 0, 20140328-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://bugs.debian.org/862667 (circl)
Timeline
- May 17, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10374 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/862667 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10374 third-party-advisory