The make_temporary_filename function in perltidy 20120701-1 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack, related to use of the tmpnam function.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1·Local·Low privileges·No interaction·EPSS 0.00354·Published 2017-10-17·Will not fixCWE-284
perltidy through 20160302, as used by perlcritic, check-all-the-things, and other software, relies on the current working directory for certain output files and does not have a symlink-attack protection mechanism, which…
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5·Local·Low privileges·No interaction·EPSS 0.0032·Published 2017-05-17·Will not fixCWE-59