CVE-2017-6512

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/ChangesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/Third Party Advisory
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/ChangesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 1, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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