VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-2827
CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-06-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.