CVE-2017-6512 (GCVE-0-2017-6512)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-01 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:33
VLAI
Summary
Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2325 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/detail… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2017-05-31 00:00
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