CVE-2001-1145 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.2 Published 2 Apr 2003 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Attackers can force scripts to operate in unintended directories via race conditions, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2001-1145?

CVE-2001-1145 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 2 Apr 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

fts routines in FreeBSD 4.3 and earlier, NetBSD before 1.5.2, and OpenBSD 2.9 and earlier can be forced to change (chdir) into a different directory than intended when the directory above the current directory is moved, which could cause scripts to perform dangerous actions on the wrong directories.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1145?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Netbsd Netbsd, Openbsd Openbsd.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1145?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1145 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2001-1145 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-gq8q-8pqh-wwv6.