CVE-2017-16248 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple module before 0.34 for Perl allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files if there is a '.' character anywhere in the pathname, which differs from the intended policy of allowing access only when the filename itself has a '.' character.

Published: 2017-11-01

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:catalyst-plugin-static-simple_project:catalyst-plugin-static-simple:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-7443	The Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple module before 0.34 for Perl allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files if there is a '.' character anywhere in the pathname, which differs from the intended policy of allowing access only when the filename itself has a '.' character.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00318.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.debian.org/880458
https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=120558

History

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Subscriptions

Catalyst-plugin-static-simple Project Catalyst-plugin-static-simple

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-01T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:20:05.566Z

Reserved: 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16248

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-01T01:29:01.010

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-16248

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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