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CVE-2008-2827

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-06-23 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Perl Perl

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References