CVE-2008-5302
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 and 2.07 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 and 5.10.0 allows local users to create…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 73% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 and 2.07 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 and 5.10.0 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448, CVE-2004-0452, and CVE-2008-2827. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2005-0448. It is different from CVE-2008-5303 due to affected versions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 73% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- 32980 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- perl-filepath-symlink(47043) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6890 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1678 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-700-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081128 Re: [oss-security] CVE Request - cups, dovecot-managesieve, perl, wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20090120 rPSA-2009-0011-1 perl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-700-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11076 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40052 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:116 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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-2008-5279 (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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