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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-06-23T19:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-07T12:57:01

Reserved: 2008-06-23T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2008-2827

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-06-23T19:41:00.000

Modified: 2017-08-08T01:31:21.560


Link: CVE-2008-2827

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