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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-2827 · published 23 June 2008

CVE-2008-2827: Perl permissions and access controls vulnerability

Perl · Perl

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.

4.6 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.84% · top 43.2% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
4.6CVSS 2.0 base score
0.84%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319 Exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/30790
http://secunia.com/advisories/30837
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020373
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43308
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319 Exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/30790
http://secunia.com/advisories/30837
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020373
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43308
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-2827), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-11). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.