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CVE-2008-2827
The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.84%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.84% · top 42% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
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References (11)
- SUSE-SR:2008:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-5739 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 29902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 31687 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1020373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 30790 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30837 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- perl-filepath-rmtree-symlink(43308) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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