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CVE-2007-0895 Details

Description

Race condition in recursive directory deletion with the (1) -r or (2) -R option in rm in Solaris 8 through 10 before 20070208 allows local users to delete files and directories as the user running rm by moving a low-level directory to a higher level as it is being deleted, which causes rm to chdir to a ".." directory that is higher than expected, possibly up to the root file system, a related issue to CVE-2002-0435.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24082 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24405 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32399 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8272 CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102782-1 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
sun solaris
9.0
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
sun sunos
5.8

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0895
NVD Published Date:
Feb 13, 2007
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]