CVE-2008-5303
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to to delete arbitrary files 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-2008-5302 due to affected versions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5280)
- Published
- December 1, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5280 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- perl / file
- perl / perl
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905(Exploit)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32980
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33314
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40052
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1678
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:116
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0458.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47044
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6680
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9699
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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