vulnwire
7.8high

CVE-2016-1238

(1) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptar, (2) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptardiff, (3) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptargrep, (4) cpan/CPAN/scripts/cpan, (5) cpan/D…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.8%
percentile 56%
Public exploits
0
none known

(1) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptar, (2) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptardiff, (3) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptargrep, (4) cpan/CPAN/scripts/cpan, (5) cpan/Digest-SHA/shasum, (6) cpan/Encode/bin/enc2xs, (7) cpan/Encode/bin/encguess, (8) cpan/Encode/bin/piconv, (9) cpan/Encode/bin/ucmlint, (10) cpan/Encode/bin/unidump, (11) cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/bin/instmodsh, (12) cpan/IO-Compress/bin/zipdetails, (13) cpan/JSON-PP/bin/json_pp, (14) cpan/Test-Harness/bin/prove, (15) dist/ExtUtils-ParseXS/lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp, (16) dist/Module-CoreList/corelist, (17) ext/Pod-Html/bin/pod2html, (18) utils/c2ph.PL, (19) utils/h2ph.PL, (20) utils/h2xs.PL, (21) utils/libnetcfg.PL, (22) utils/perlbug.PL, (23) utils/perldoc.PL, (24) utils/perlivp.PL, and (25) utils/splain.PL in Perl 5.x before 5.22.3-RC2 and 5.24 before 5.24.1-RC2 do not properly remove . (period) characters from the end of the includes directory array, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.78% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-75 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201812-07 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • perl5.git.perl.org /perl.git/commit/cee96d52c39b1e7b36e1c62d38bcd8d86e9a41ab · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036440 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3628 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c853e601c%40%3Cannounce.apache · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TZBNQH3DMI7HDELJAZ4TFJJA · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • nntp.perl.org /group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238271.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FBQOCV3GBAN2EYZUM3CFDJ4 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • h20566.www2.hpe.com /portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DOFRQWJRP2NQJEYEWOMECVW3 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92136 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00016.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • rt.perl.org /Public/Bug/Display.html?id=127834 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00002.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred

Sources

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