CVE-2008-5303

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…

published December 1, 2008

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
25.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00332 · 25.1th percentile
Published
2008-12-01T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 DEC 17:00Z
    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…
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