# CVE-2001-1145: Path traversal in n/a

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2003
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gq8q-8pqh-wwv6

## 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: 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.

## Is CVE-2001-1145 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd

- [CVE-2018-17160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17160/): Memory corruption in FreeBSD (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-3954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3954/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-4304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4304/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0226/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0002/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-1145 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Freebsd Freebsd. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1145/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1145/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1145
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1145
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2001-1145

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