MEDIUM
shadow-utils: TOCTOU race conditions by copying and removing directory trees
Published Dec 3, 2019
4.7
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
Description
shadow: TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees
Affected products
-
- Version 1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Configuration 2
OR
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 10.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 16
- 17
Configuration 4
OR
- 5
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
shadow-utils
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
shadow-utils
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | shadow-utils | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | shadow-utils | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
4.7 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
4.4 MEDIUM Red Hat
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
3.3 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.30% 0.00305
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00305
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00305) | 21.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00308) | 22.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 16.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00047) | 16.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00047) | 14.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4235 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4235 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884658 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4235 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E mailing-list
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4235
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4235 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-26 vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4235
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4235 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4235 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884658 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4235 | Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E | mailing-list | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4235 | ||
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4235 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-26 | vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4235 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Dec 3, 2019
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 12, 2013
Link CVE-2013-4235
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a