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CVE-2002-0435

Published: Jul 26, 2002 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
1.2 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0435
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FileutilsGnu4.0 (including)4.0 (including)
FileutilsGnu4.1 (including)4.1 (including)
FileutilsGnu4.1.6 (including)4.1.6 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 6.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1RedHat*
CoreutilsUbuntuupstream*

References

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