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, via a symlink attack.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Larry Wall Perl — versions 5.6.1, 5.8.4
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9938 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/55314 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/12991 (third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
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.