Re: [oss-security] CVE-2011-10007: File::Find::Rule through 0.34 for Perl is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution when `grep()` encounters a crafted file name

[Timothy Legge]

On 2025-06-05 21:59, Sam James wrote:

A file handle is opened with the 2 argument form of `open()` allowing
an attacker controlled filename to provide the MODE parameter to
`open()`, turning the filename into a command to be executed.

FWIW, I've started a broader discussion on the future of 2-arg open on
p5p at 
https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2025/06/msg269996.html.

Thanks, I just say that.  I was thinking it would be nice to have a way 
to disable it.