What is CVE-1999-1386?

CVE-1999-1386 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perl, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 1999-12-31.

How severe is CVE-1999-1386?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Perl

CVE-1999-1386

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (37.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Perl
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-1386?: CVE-1999-1386 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perl, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 1999-12-31.
How severe is CVE-1999-1386?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.