Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.6
- Impact score
- 4.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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"matchCriteriaId": "7530A863-0FFF-4332-8E6F-4329AB4DE5FC"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "AD5E5A51-ED4C-4927-8C4D-502E79391E19"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]