Race condition in the recursive (1) directory deletion and (2) directory move in GNU File Utilities (fileutils) 4.1 and earlier allows…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• RHSA-2003:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDKSA-2002:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
• http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fileutils/2002-03/msg00028.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2003:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 4266 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20020310 GNU fileutils - recursive directory removal race condition (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• gnu-fileutils-race-condition(8432) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 02:49 UTC.