{"id":"CVE-2002-0435","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-0435","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:19.291Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2002-07-26T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:57:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":1.2,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["gnu/fileutils"],"epss":{"score":0.00338,"percentile":0.27032,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-018.1.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fileutils/2002-03/msg00028.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8432.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-031.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-015.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-016.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/260936","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4266","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-018.1.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fileutils/2002-03/msg00028.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8432.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-031.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-015.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-016.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/260936","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4266","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0435","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}