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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…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- RHSA-2005:105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9938 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 55314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152845 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 12991 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050111 [OpenPKG-SA-2005.001] OpenPKG Security Advisory (perl) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-44-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-200501-38 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 12072 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 18517 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- perl-filepathrmtree-insecure-permissions(18650) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0451 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-0452)Record last updated .