CVE-2016-10374 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in perltidy versions through 20160302, affecting software like perlcritic. The flaw stems from perltidy's reliance on the current working directory for output files without symlink protection, allowing a local attacker to create a symlink to an arbitrary file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized file modification. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2016-03-02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perltidy_project:perltidy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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