Description
The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452.
Published: 2008-06-23
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2820 The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:14:14.805Z

Reserved: 2008-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2827

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-06-23T19:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2827

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-2827 - Bugzilla

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