# CVE-2007-0895: Race condition in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit a race condition in Solaris rm to delete arbitrary files or escalate privileges by manipulating directory structures during recursive deletion.

- **Severity:** Low 2.6 (`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Feb 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3g37-x67f-m9rp

## What is CVE-2007-0895?

CVE-2007-0895 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 13 Feb 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0895?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-0895?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0895 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-0895 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0895 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris

- [CVE-2008-3869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3869/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3870/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4556/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3093/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1081/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-0895 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-0895 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 13 Feb 2007. 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-2007-0895 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Solaris. 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-2007-0895/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0895/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0895
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0895
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-0895

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0895/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.