Vulnerability in Larry_wall Perl

CVE-2004-0452

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…

EPSS: 0.004 (32.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2004-0452?
CVE-2004-0452 is a vulnerability in Larry_wall Perl. Published 2004-12-21.
Is CVE-2004-0452 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.