CVE-2002-0435

Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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 products

GNU Fileutils: 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.6

References

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fileutils/2002-03/msg00028.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8432.php
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/260936
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4266
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fileutils/2002-03/msg00028.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8432.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-031.php

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