CVE-2007-0895

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 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: 2007-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in recursive directory deletion with the (1) -r or (2) -R option in rm in Solaris 8 through 10 before 20070208 allows local users to delete files and directories as the user running rm by moving a low-level directory to a higher level as it is being deleted, which causes rm to chdir to a ".." directory that is higher than expected, possibly up to the root file system, a related issue to CVE-2002-0435.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 9.0, 10.0
Sunos: 5.8

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/24082
http://secunia.com/advisories/24405
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102782-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-102.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/31880
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0543
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32399
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8272
http://secunia.com/advisories/24082
http://secunia.com/advisories/24405
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102782-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-102.htm

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