CVE-2002-0435 — LOW severity vulnerability (Race condition in the recursive (1) directory deletion 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 ".." direc
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-0435 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 1.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-07-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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