CVE-2008-5303

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2008-5303 · Published 01/12/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5303 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting file (perl).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.33%, higher than 26.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
file perl	`= 1.08`	No fix yet

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.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Exploit
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index
kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
secunia.com/advisories/32980
secunia.com/advisories/33314
secunia.com/advisories/40052
support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1678
gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695
mandriva.com/security/advisories
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/2

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