FKIE_CVE-2004-0452
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-12-21 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:05
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| larry_wall | perl | 5.6.1 | |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.4 |
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