A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device operations. The utility removes the destination path before recreating it through a copy operation. A local attacker with write access to the destination directory can exploit this window to replace the destination with a symbolic link. The subsequent privileged move operation will follow the symlink, allowing the attacker to redirect the write and overwrite an arbitrary target file with contents from the source.
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| https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10015 |
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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000
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| Description | A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device operations. The utility removes the destination path before recreating it through a copy operation. A local attacker with write access to the destination directory can exploit this window to replace the destination with a symbolic link. The subsequent privileged move operation will follow the symlink, allowing the attacker to redirect the write and overwrite an arbitrary target file with contents from the source. | |
| Title | uutils coreutils mv Arbitrary File Overwrite via Cross-Device TOCTOU Race Condition | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-367 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
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Updated: 2026-04-22T17:22:25.742Z
Reserved: 2026-04-02T12:58:56.088Z
Link: CVE-2026-35364
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-22T17:16:39.737
Modified: 2026-04-22T17:16:39.737
Link: CVE-2026-35364
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