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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…
High7.3EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- GLSA-201701-75 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 80504 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1034772 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-4ca904238f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-3441 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-69e506e02d (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-2878-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0881 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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