Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2017· Updated May 13, 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
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- bugs.debian.org/862667nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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