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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.518Z
Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2002-0435
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2002-07-26T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:39:05.210
Link: CVE-2002-0435
Redhat