CVE-2017-6512

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 01 Jun 2017, 16:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 15:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.38% LOW
1% probability +0.49%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Jun 2017, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 15:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.38%• Percentile: 81%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04 | 17.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

References (9)