cve/2004/CVE-2004-0452.md

### [CVE-2004-0452](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0452)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938

#### Github
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