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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0432 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.518Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0435

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-07-26T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0435

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-0435 - Bugzilla

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