Description
Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.
Published: 2004-12-31
Score: 2.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1678-1 New perl packages fix privilege escalation
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0451 Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-44-1 perl information leak
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Larry Wall Perl
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.963Z

Reserved: 2004-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0452

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-21T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0452

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-12-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0452 - Bugzilla

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