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CVE-2014-5509

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• 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: 2018-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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

Affected products

• Clipboard Project Clipboard: all versions

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
• 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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