CVE-2004-0452
perl - insecure temporary files / directories
EPSS 0.05%
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.
How to fix CVE-2004-0452
To remediate CVE-2004-0452, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/perl—upgrade to 5.8.4-5 or later
- Debian/perl—upgrade to 5.8.8-7etch5 or later
- —upgrade to 5.6.1-8.8 or later
Is CVE-2004-0452 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 5.8.4-5
- from 0, < 5.8.8-7etch5
- from 0, < 5.6.1-8.8