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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-06-23T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:14:14.805Z

Reserved: 2008-06-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2827

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-06-23T19:41:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:47:48.163

Link: CVE-2008-2827

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-2827 - Bugzilla