PT-2018-4268 · Perl · Clipedit

Published 2018-01-08 · Updated 2018-02-02 · CVE-2014-5509

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions clipedit in the Clipboard module for Perl (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/clipedit$$.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5509

Affected Products

Clipedit

References · 5

• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=98435 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5509 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/30/2 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135624 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/69473 · Note