CVE-2007-0895 describes a race condition in the rm command's recursive deletion function (-r or -R) in Solaris 8 through 10. A local attacker can exploit this by manipulating directory structures during deletion, causing rm to delete unintended files or directories, potentially up to the root filesystem. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P), indicating local access, high attack complexity, and partial impact on integrity and availability. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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