CVE-2005-0448: larry_wall perl
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Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-0448 is a low (CVSS 1.2) vulnerability in larry_wall perl. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 1.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 12-03-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the tree being deleted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0452.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.38%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
33%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.38% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat3 products
- perl< 3:5.8.5-16.RHEL4
- perl-debuginfo< 3:5.8.5-16.RHEL4
- perl-suidperl< 3:5.8.5-16.RHEL4
Debian1 product
- perl< 5.6.1-8.9 | < 5.8.4-7
Larry_wall1 product
- perl5.8.0 | 5.8.1 | 5.8.3 | 5.8.4
3 vendors · 5 products
References
29 links
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10475VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A728VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
