Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting perl5 package, versions [5.6.1,5.8.4]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PERL5-2317620
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed21 Dec 2004
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Dec 2004

CVE-2004-0452  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for perl5.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. 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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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