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CVE-2014-10401

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-10401 describes a vulnerability in the Perl DBI module, specifically affecting DBD::File drivers before version 1.632, where files could be opened from unauthorized directories. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact and low availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.632CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:dbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: perl-DBI

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-10401Moderate

perl-dbi: DBD:: File drivers open files from folders other than specifically passed

Oct 16, 2014

References

github.com / perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/caedc0d7d602f5b2ae5efc1b00f39efeafb7b05a
PatchThird Party Advisory
metacpan.org / pod/distribution/DBI/Changes
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
rt.cpan.org / Public/Bug/Display.html
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4509-1
Third Party Advisory