CVE-2014-1875

Public Exploit

Description

The Capture::Tiny module before 0.24 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Category

3.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65475 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91464 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/56823 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128823.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/102963 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062424
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737835 exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128882.html vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/267 mailing list exploit
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/DAGOLDEN/Capture-Tiny-0.24/Changes
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/272 mailing list
https://github.com/dagolden/Capture-Tiny/commit/635c9eabd52ab8042b0c841823bd6e692de87924
https://github.com/dagolden/Capture-Tiny/issues/16 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1875?
CVE-2014-1875 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1875?
To fix CVE-2014-1875, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-1875 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1875 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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