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Perl 'rmdir()' Local Race Condition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Perl is reported prone to a local race-condition vulnerability. The issue resides in the 'rmtree()' function provided by the 'File::Path.pm' module. A successful attack may allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on a vulnerable computer. UPDATE (December 2, 2008): This issue has been reported in Perl 5.8.8 and 5.10. |
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