# CVE-2014-1875: 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.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-10-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65475
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91464
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56823
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128823.html
- http://osvdb.org/102963
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062424
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737835
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128882.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/267
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/DAGOLDEN/Capture-Tiny-0.24/Changes
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/272
- https://github.com/dagolden/Capture-Tiny/commit/635c9eabd52ab8042b0c841823bd6e692de87924
- https://github.com/dagolden/Capture-Tiny/issues/16

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