CVE-2017-6512

medium

Published 2017-06-01 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.9

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.9

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

69%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	8.0	affected
debian	9.0	affected
ubuntu	16.04	affected
ubuntu	17.10	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`5.24.1-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.24.1-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`5.24.1-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`5.24.1-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`5.24.1-3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
file\	\	`{"endExcluding":"2.13"}`	`2.13`

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.