CVE-2002-0435

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0435
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-07-26 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.0 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.1 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.1.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU Fileutils Directory Removal Race Condition Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-018.1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-031.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ISS X-Force Database: gnu-fileutils-race-condition (8432): GNU fileutils race condition af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Re: rm - recursive directory removal race condition af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.gnu.org
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