Race Condition Vulnerability in Perl's rmtree Function Affecting Multiple Vendors
CVE-2005-0448

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Larry Wall
Status: Perl
Vendor: CVE Published:; 2 May 2005

What is CVE-2005-0448?

The vulnerability in Perl's rmtree function allows local users to exploit a race condition, potentially creating arbitrary setuid binaries in the directory structure being deleted. This can occur in Perl versions prior to 5.8.4 and poses a risk as it deviates from a previous vulnerability, CVE-2004-0452, highlighting unique security concerns.

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