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 users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452.

Affected products

Perl

Perl

= 5.10

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

4.6 MEDIUM

EPSS

0.8% (55th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-264

NVD status

Modified

Published

2008-06-23