High severity · published Jan 13, 2016
CVE-2015-8607
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…
7.3
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
PA
Pathtools · Perl
through 3.61 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
15.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8607
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8607
cpansearch.perl.org
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
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