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low 3.6

CVE-2014-1875 json

The Capture::Tiny module before 0.24 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

published 2014-10-06 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1937

cvss
3.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Capture::Tiny module before 0.24 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Patch / fix

  • libcapture-tiny-perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.24-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1875

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-1875 updated cvss 1.9

perl-Capture-Tiny: insecure temporary file usage

  • Red Hat Software Collections perl516-perl-Capture-Tiny
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-Capture-Tiny
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737835 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/267 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/dagolden/Capture-Tiny/issues/16 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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