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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

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSperltidy0, 20140328-1

Exploit Intelligence

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
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