VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-5509
clipedit in the Clipboard module for Perl allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/clipedit$$.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
clipedit in the Clipboard module for Perl allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/clipedit$$.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- clipboard project/clipboard
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/30/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69473Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135624Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=98435Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/30/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69473Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135624Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=98435Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.