What is CVE-2014-10402?

CVE-2014-10402 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perl Dbi, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2014-10402?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Perl Dbi

CVE-2014-10402

An issue was discovered in the DBI module through 1.643 for Perl. DBD::File drivers can open files from folders other than those specifically passed via the f_dir attribute in the data source name (DSN). NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-10401.

Published 2020-09-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Perl Dbi

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00046.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-10402?: CVE-2014-10402 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perl Dbi, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2014-10402?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.