CVE-2004-0452

N/A Unknown
Published: December 21, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
16th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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