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CVE-2008-5303

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.33%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-12-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2008-5303
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.33%

Original NVD 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.