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

    Published:Jun 20, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jun 23, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00101
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Perl
    Product
    Perl

    Exploits

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31959

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
    http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30790
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30837
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020373
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43308
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
    http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30790
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30837
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020373
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43308
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html

    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