CVE-1999-1386
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2002 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPerl
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88932165406213&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7243.phpx_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#perlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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