Medium severity · published Sep 16, 2020
CVE-2014-10402
An issue was discovered in the DBI module through 1.643 for Perl
6.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the DBI module through 1.643 for Perl. DBD::File drivers can open files from folders other than those specifically passed via the f_dir attribute in the data source name (DSN). NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-10401.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DB
Dbi · Perl
through 1.643 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-10402
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-10402
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00046.html
Exploit
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=99508#txn-1911590
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