{"cve":"CVE-2008-2827","nvd":{"published":"2008-06-23T19:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:54:33.947","status":"Modified","description":"The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html","http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982","http://secunia.com/advisories/30790","http://secunia.com/advisories/30837"],"products":["perl:perl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2827","score":0.00843,"percentile":0.57955,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}