Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the tree being deleted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0452.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0448 is rated Low Risk (11.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023-03-07 | 1.55% | 0.06% | -1.48% |
| 2 | 2022-02-04 | — | 1.55% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | 2.0 | LOW |
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1.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2005-0448 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0448 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0448 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2005-0448 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (perl), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0448 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.3 | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.4 | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |