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CVE-1999-1386

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 1999-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.

Affected Platforms

Perl Perl

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References