CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1386

5.5 MEDIUM Published 1999-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• perl perl (<= 5.004 04)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following weakness

References