CVE-2008-5303

perl: File:: Path rmtree race condition (CVE-2004-0452) reintroduced after upstream rebase to 5.8.8-1

Severity Score

6.9

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to to delete arbitrary files 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-2008-5302 due to affected versions.

Condición de carrera en la función rmtree en File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) en Perl 5.8.8 permite a usuarios locales borrar archivos arbitrarios a través de un ataque de enlace simbólico, una vulnerabilidad diferente a CVE-2005-0448, CVE-2004-0452 y CVE-2008-2827. NOTA: esto es un error de regresión relacionado con CVE-2005-0448. Es diferente a CVE-2008-5302 debido a las versiones afectadas.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-12-01 CVE Reserved
2008-12-01 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (23)

URL	Tag	Source
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36	X_refsource_confirm
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705	X_refsource_confirm
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/32980	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40052	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077	X_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695	X_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/2	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47044	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6680	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9699	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1678	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:116	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0458.html	2018-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1	2018-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2	2018-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5303	2010-06-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474217	2010-06-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Perl Search vendor "Perl"	File::path Search vendor "Perl" for product "File::path"	1.08 Search vendor "Perl" for product "File::path" and version "1.08"	-	Affected	in	Perl Search vendor "Perl"	Perl Search vendor "Perl" for product "Perl"	5.8.8 Search vendor "Perl" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.8"	-	Safe