Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:02.970Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1386

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-01-26T16:54:30.487

Link: CVE-1999-1386

cve-icon Redhat

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