CVE-2005-0448 describes a race condition in the rmtree function of File::Path.pm in Perl versions prior to 5.8.4. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to create arbitrary setuid binaries within a directory tree being deleted. The attack requires high access complexity (AV:L/AC:H), and its potential impact is limited to partial integrity (I:P), with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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