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CVE-2011-4116

Published: Jan 31, 2020Updated: Aug 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-59
NVD MITRE
3.3CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

_is_safe in the File::Temp module for Perl does not properly handle symlinks.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PerlСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
File::TempFile::Temp
file\cpan
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
cpanpackage-ecosystemOSS Librariesaka cpan

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/6174/focus=6177
thread.gmane.org
https://github.com/endpointlabs/VulnerableDotNetCore3Project/issues/94
github.com
https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/File-Temp/issues/14
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Jan 31, 2020
Last Updated
Aug 4, 2025

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