{"cve":"CVE-2008-5303","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-01T17:30:01.483","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:40.613","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36","http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705","http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html"],"products":["perl:file\\"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5303","score":0.00332,"percentile":0.26424,"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."]}