CVE-2008-2827

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    CVE-2008-2827

    Published: 23 Jun 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319, http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html, 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

    Affected packages

    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