CVE-2008-2827 (GCVE-0-2008-2827)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-23 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:14
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
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