CVE-2004-0452
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,
02 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,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-12-31 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-05-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 270a8c047d293807072af9e565df17d5315111580aab3fee9a6b5dbd487255f6
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:105http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9938https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:103http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
- secunia.com55314http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- www.debian.orgDSA-620http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620
- patches.sgi.com20060101-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
- fedoranews.orgFLSA-2006:152845http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- secunia.com12991http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
- marc.info20050111 [OpenPKG-SA-2005.001] OpenPKG Security Advisory (perl)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-44-1https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200501-38http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml
- www.securityfocus.com12072http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
- secunia.com18517http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comperl-filepathrmtree-insecure-permissions(18650)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.8.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.8.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.8.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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