Access Restriction Bypass Affecting perl package, versions <5.10.0-11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-PERL-17966188
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed23 Jun 2008

Introduced: 23 Jun 2008

CVE-2008-2827  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest perl to version 5.10.0-11 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

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