CVE-2008-2827
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (58th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2820)
- Published
- June 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2820 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- perl / perl
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319(Exploit)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30790
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30837
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020373
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43308
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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