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CVE-2002-0435

Race condition in the recursive (1) directory deletion and (2) directory move in GNU File Utilities (fileutils) 4.1 and

Race condition in the recursive (1) directory deletion and (2) directory move in GNU File Utilities (fileutils) 4.1 and earlier allows local users to delete directories as the user running fileutils by moving a low-level directory to a higher level as it is being deleted, which causes fileutils to chdir to a ".." directory that is higher than expected, possibly up to the root file system.

LOW · CVSS 1.2 EPSS 0.00074
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnu fileutilsall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

1.2
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD26 Jul 2002 · 04:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2003:015Low
rhsaRHSA-2003:016Low
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-018.1.txtPatchVendor Advisory
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fileutils/2002-03/msg00028.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8432.phpPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-031.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-015.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-016.html
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