CVE-2008-2827
N/A
Published: June 23, 2008 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPerl
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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