CVE-2014-1875

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1875
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-06 23:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe Capture::Tiny module before 0.24 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cspan Capture-tiny 0.20 All All All
Application Cspan Capture-tiny 0.21 All All All
Application Cspan Capture-tiny 0.22 All All All
Application Cspan Capture-tiny All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cpansearch.perl.org/src/DAGOLDEN/Capture-Tiny-0.24/Changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cpansearch.perl.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: Capture::Tiny: insecure use of /tmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Security Advisory SA56823 - Perl Capture::Tiny Insecure Temporary File Creation Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#737835 - libcapture-tiny-perl: CVE-2014-1875: insecure use of /tmp - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/102963 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: perl-Capture-Tiny-0.24-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
insecure use of /tmp · Issue #16 · dagolden/Capture-Tiny · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit
Perl Capture::Tiny 'lib/Capture/Tiny.pm' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-sec: CVE Request: Capture::Tiny: insecure use of /tmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
Bug 1062424 – CVE-2014-1875 perl-Capture-Tiny: insecure temporary file usage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
close security hole opening semaphore file in /tmp · dagolden/Capture-Tiny@635c9ea · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: perl-Capture-Tiny-0.24-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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