CVE-2008-2827
perl - information disclosure / permission bypass
EPSS 0.10%
Description
The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452.
How to fix CVE-2008-2827
To remediate CVE-2008-2827, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/perl—upgrade to 5.10.0-11 or later
- Debian/perl—upgrade to 5.10.0-10+lenny1 or later
Is CVE-2008-2827 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.10.0-11
- from 0, < 5.10.0-10+lenny1