CVE-2014-1875
The Capture::Tiny module before 0.24 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
02 Description
The Capture::Tiny module before 0.24 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 43.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-10-06 23:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-02-06
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 93a828836c2454fe169dc45f0d998b584db6534a561b370aad2c16d758010ea6
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com65475http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65475
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcapturetiny-perl-symlink(91464)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91464
- secunia.com56823http://secunia.com/advisories/56823
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-2261http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128823.html
- osvdb.org102963http://osvdb.org/102963
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062424
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737835
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-2321http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128882.html
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140206 CVE Request: Capture::Tiny: insecure use of /tmphttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/267
- cpansearch.perl.orghttp://cpansearch.perl.org/src/DAGOLDEN/Capture-Tiny-0.24/Changes
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140206 Re: CVE Request: Capture::Tiny: insecure use of /tmphttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/272
- github.comhttps://github.com/dagolden/Capture-Tiny/commit/635c9eabd52ab8042b0c841823bd6e692de87924
- github.comhttps://github.com/dagolden/Capture-Tiny/issues/16
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libcapture-tiny-perl Fixed in 0.24-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libcapture-tiny-perl Fixed in 0.24-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libcapture-tiny-perl Fixed in 0.24-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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