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CVE-2011-4116
_is_safe in the File::Temp module for Perl does not properly handle symlinks.
Low3.3EPSS 0.52%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
_is_safe in the File::Temp module for Perl does not properly handle symlinks.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 55% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected unknown
References (5)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/238 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69106 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/File-Temp/issues/14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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