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CVE-2004-0452

LOW · CVSS 2.6 EPSS 0.40%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2004-12-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2004-0452
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.6
EPSS
0.40%

Original NVD Description

Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.