Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- high
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LARRY_WALL
- Published
- 12/21/2004
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
larry_wall : perllarry_wall : perl
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