CVE-2016-10374
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.
Published:Aug 13, 2016
Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
EPS:May 17, 2017
EPSS Score:0.00048
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Perltidy Project
Product
Perltidy
Perltidy Project
Perltidy
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
