CVE-2025-30672

MEDIUM EPSS 28.6%
Published Apr 1, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Apr 1, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Mite for Perl before 0.013000 generates code with the current working directory ('.') added to the @INC path similar to CVE-2016-1238. If an attacker can place a malicious file in current working directory, it may be loaded instead of the intended file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. This affects the Mite distribution itself, and other distributions that contain code generated by Mite.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
28.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-427

References 4

  • blogs.perl.org https://blogs.perl.org/users/todd_rinaldo/2016/11/what-happened-to-dot-in-inc.html
  • metacpan.org https://metacpan.org/release/TOBYINK/Mite-0.013000/changes
  • perldoc.perl.org https://perldoc.perl.org/perlrun#PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC
  • wiki.gentoo.org https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Perl/Dot-In-INC-Removal

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.