Vulnerability CVE-2014-5509
Published: 2018-01-08

Description:
clipedit in the Clipboard module for Perl allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/clipedit$$.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.6/10
4.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Clipboard project -> Clipboard 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69473
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135624
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=98435
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