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CVE-2005-0448
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the…
- 1.2LowCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the tree being deleted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0452.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 24 days later
· 24 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% 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 1.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- DSA-696 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- HPSBUX01208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:881 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 55314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18075 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12767 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CLSA-2006:1056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10475 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152845 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:728 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- GLSA-200501-38 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 18517 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:674 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17079 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14531 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-94-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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-2005-0449 (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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