gsd-2008-2827
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases



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