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    CVE-2004-0452

    Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.

    Published:Dec 21, 2004
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Dec 31, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.00052
    CVSS Score:2.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Larry Wall
    Product
    Perl
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2005-4278 (CVSS 7.2) — Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage …
    CVE-2005-0448 (CVSS 1.2) — Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbit…
    CVE-2005-0156 (CVSS 2.1) — Buffer overflow in the PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows…
    CVE-2005-0155 (CVSS 4.6) — The PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to cre…
    CVE-2004-2286 (CVSS 7.5) — Integer overflow in the duplication operator in ActivePerl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic…
    CVE-2004-0976 (CVSS 2.1) — Multiple scripts in the perl package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1 and other operating systems allow…
    CVE-2004-0377 (CVSS 10) — Buffer overflow in the win32_stat function for (1) ActiveState's ActivePerl and (2) Larry Wall's Perl before 5…
    CVE-2003-0900 (CVSS 5) — Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core does not properly initialize the random number generator when forking, which makes i…
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    References

    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
    http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
    http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
    https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
    http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
    http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
    https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High