CVE-2016-10374

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-10374

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-05-17T19:29:00

Last Modified Date
2020-03-02T18:50:10

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:perltidy_project:perltidy::::::::	1	OR		2016-03-02

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/862667	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10374
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10374

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:48:32				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:00:14	2017-05-17T19:29Z	2017-05-17T19:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 17:00:14		2020-03-02T18:50:10	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 17:00:14		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated