What is CVE-2014-5509?

CVE-2014-5509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clipboard Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2014-5509?

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

Vulnerability in Clipboard Project

CVE-2014-5509

clipedit in the Clipboard module for Perl allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/clipedit$$.

Published 2018-01-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Clipboard Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/30/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/69473 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5509?: CVE-2014-5509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clipboard Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2014-5509?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.