cve/2015/CVE-2015-8607.md

### [CVE-2015-8607](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8607)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/HotDB-Community/HotDB-Engine