Is CVE-2004-0452 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2004-0452 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2004-0452?

CVE-2004-0452 has a CVSS v2 base score of 2.6 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2004-0452?

CVE-2004-0452 has an EPSS score of 0.41% (33th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0452?

Upgrade perl on debian 11 to 5.8.4-5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2004-0452

LOW

2.6

CVSS v2

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

perlDebian

Fixed in:5.8.4-5CVE-2004-0452

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Other references10

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