Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8607

Title: Perl Pathtools Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8607.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Jan 13, 2016

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.3 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8607: The canonpath function in the File::Spec module in PathTools before 3.62, as used in Perl, does not properly preserve the taint attribute of data, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.

Impacted Vendors

perl 1

Reference Links

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8607 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 13, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.