Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-2827
Potential exploit
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.
Products affected by CVE-2008-2827
- cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2827
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 8 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-2827
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.6
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
3.9
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6.4
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-2827
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-2827
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Red Hat 2008-06-24Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of perl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5, Red Hat Application Stack 1, or Solaris versions of Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 and 8, Certificate System 7.x.
References for CVE-2008-2827
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165
Mandriva
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: perl-5.10.0-27.fc9
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020373
GoDaddy Domain Name Search
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http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982
Human VerificationExploit
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319
#487319 - perl-modules: File::Path::rmtree sets symlink target permissions to 0777 - Debian Bug report logsExploit
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:017 - openSUSE Security Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43308
Perl File::Path module rmtree function symlink CVE-2008-2827 Vulnerability Report
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