CVE-2014-2277

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The make_temporary_filename function in perltidy 20120701-1 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack, related to use of the tmpnam function.

Affected products

Perltidy Project Perltidy: through 2012-07-01-1

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130464.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130479.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/09/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66139
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074720
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92104
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130464.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130479.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/09/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66139
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074720
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92104

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