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CVE-2008-5302 (GCVE-0-2008-5302)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-01 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI
Summary
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 and 2.07 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 and 5.10.0 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448, CVE-2004-0452, and CVE-2008-2827. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2005-0448. It is different from CVE-2008-5303 due to affected versions.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2008-11-28 00:00
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      "current_release_date": "2023-12-09T03:37:51Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2008-5302",
      "id": "CVE-2008-5302",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:06:16Z",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2008-5302",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2008-5302.json",
      "version": "4"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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