CVE-2011-10007
File::Find::Rule through 0.34 for Perl is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution when `grep()` encounters a crafted file name
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.86%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 41% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
File::Find::Rule through 0.34 for Perl is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution when `grep()` encounters a crafted filename. A file handle is opened with the 2 argument form of `open()` allowing an attacker controlled filename to provide the MODE parameter to `open()`, turning the filename into a command to be executed. Example: $ mkdir /tmp/poc; echo > "/tmp/poc/|id" $ perl -MFile::Find::Rule \ -E 'File::Find::Rule->grep("foo")->in("/tmp/poc")' uid=1000(user) gid=1000(user) groups=1000(user),100(users)
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
References tagged exploit2 references
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=64504 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://github.com/richardc/perl-file-find-rule/pull/4 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By CPANSec
Published
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.86% · top 41% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
- affected ≤ 0.34
What to do
Solution: Users should update to a fixed version such as 0.35 or later, or apply the patch provided in the references section, or use a patched version provided by their OS distribution
References
8
- https://metacpan.org/release/RCLAMP/File-Find-Rule-0.34/source/lib/File/Find/Rule.pm#L423 (opens in a new tab)
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=64504 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://github.com/richardc/perl-file-find-rule/pull/4 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://github.com/richardc/perl-file-find-rule/commit/df58128bcee4c1da78c34d7f3fe1357e575ad56f.patch (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00006.html (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/05/4 (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/06/1 (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/06/3 (opens in a new tab)
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2011-5236 (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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