CVE-2016-1238 Detail
Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Description
(1) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptar, (2) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptardiff, (3) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptargrep, (4) cpan/CPAN/scripts/cpan, (5) cpan/Digest-SHA/shasum, (6) cpan/Encode/bin/enc2xs, (7) cpan/Encode/bin/encguess, (8) cpan/Encode/bin/piconv, (9) cpan/Encode/bin/ucmlint, (10) cpan/Encode/bin/unidump, (11) cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/bin/instmodsh, (12) cpan/IO-Compress/bin/zipdetails, (13) cpan/JSON-PP/bin/json_pp, (14) cpan/Test-Harness/bin/prove, (15) dist/ExtUtils-ParseXS/lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp, (16) dist/Module-CoreList/corelist, (17) ext/Pod-Html/bin/pod2html, (18) utils/c2ph.PL, (19) utils/h2ph.PL, (20) utils/h2xs.PL, (21) utils/libnetcfg.PL, (22) utils/perlbug.PL, (23) utils/perldoc.PL, (24) utils/perlivp.PL, and (25) utils/splain.PL in Perl 5.x before 5.22.3-RC2 and 5.24 before 5.24.1-RC2 do not properly remove . (period) characters from the end of the includes directory array, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
08/02/2016
Impact
CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
7.8 HIGH
Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
(V3 legend)
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
7.2 HIGH
Vector:
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
Access Vector (AV):
Local
Access Complexity (AC):
Low
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
Complete
Integrity (I):
Complete
Availability (A):
Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service
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Technical Details
Vulnerability Type
(View All)
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
Change History
6 change records found
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CVE Modified by MITRE -
9/18/2018 5:29:00 PM
| Action |
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Old Value |
New Value |
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Reference |
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c853e601c@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
6/30/2017 9:29:32 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
11/28/2016 2:58:27 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FBQOCV3GBAN2EYZUM3CFDJ4ECA3GZOK/ [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DOFRQWJRP2NQJEYEWOMECVW3HAMD5SYN/ [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TZBNQH3DMI7HDELJAZ4TFJJANHXOEDWH/ [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by Source -
8/23/2016 9:59:25 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 |
Modified Analysis -
8/3/2016 1:18:59 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
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Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.20.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.24.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.24.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.24.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.24.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3: |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) |
| Added |
CVSS V3 |
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Added |
CWE |
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CWE-264 |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/cee96d52c39b1e7b36e1c62d38bcd8d86e9a41ab No Types Assigned |
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/cee96d52c39b1e7b36e1c62d38bcd8d86e9a41ab Issue Tracking |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628 No Types Assigned |
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628 Third Party Advisory |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238271.html No Types Assigned |
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238271.html Third Party Advisory |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92136 No Types Assigned |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92136 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036440 No Types Assigned |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036440 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=127834 No Types Assigned |
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=127834 Permissions Required |
Initial CVE Analysis -
8/3/2016 1:01:24 PM
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1238
NVD Published Date:
08/02/2016
NVD Last Modified:
09/18/2018
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