CVE-2004-0452

Aliases:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0452
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 31 Dec 2004, 05:00
Last modified:08 Aug 2024, 00:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
10/100
CVSS Score
2.6 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.4% LOW
0% probability +0.35%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Dec 2004, 05:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Aug 2024, 00:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.6AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.40%• Percentile: 34%

Affected Systems

  • debian•perl

    < 5.8.4-5 | < 5.8.4-5 | < 5.8.4-5 | < 5.8.4-5

  • larry_wall•perl

    5.6.1 | 5.8.4

References (15)