CVE-2025-30672
Mite for Perl Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 1, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 1, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Source :
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.5
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-30672 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Apr. 01, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N -
New CVE Received by 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
Apr. 01, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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. Added CWE CWE-427 Added Reference https://blogs.perl.org/users/todd_rinaldo/2016/11/what-happened-to-dot-in-inc.html Added Reference https://metacpan.org/release/TOBYINK/Mite-0.013000/changes Added Reference https://perldoc.perl.org/perlrun#PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC Added Reference https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Perl/Dot-In-INC-Removal
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-30672 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-30672
weaknesses.