CVE-2008-2827
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · CWE-264
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
- 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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319Exploit
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982Exploit