Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2015-8607

Disclosure Date: January 13, 2016
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Description

The canonpath function in the File::Spec module in PathTools before 3.62, as used in Perl, does not properly preserve the taint attribute of data, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.3 High
Impact Score:
3.4
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
Low
Availability (A):
Low

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • perl

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • pathtools,
  • ubuntu linux 15.04,
  • ubuntu linux 15.10
Technical Analysis