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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-10374

CVE-2016-10374

Description

perltidy through 20160302, as used by perlcritic, check-all-the-things, and other software, relies on the current working directory for certain output files and does not have a symlink-attack protection mechanism, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symlink, as demonstrated by creating a perltidy.ERR symlink that the victim cannot delete.

Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:a:perltidy_project:perltidy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:perltidy_project:perltidy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2016-03-02
    • (no CPE)range: <=20160302

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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