CVE-2026-35352— uutils coreutils mkfifo Privilege Escalation via TOCTOU Race Condition
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Uutils coreutils
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uutils coreutils是Uutils开源的一个跨平台核心命令行工具集。 uutils coreutils存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于mkfifo实用程序存在检查时间到使用时间竞争条件，实用程序创建FIFO然后执行基于路径的chmod以设置权限，具有父目录写入权限的本地攻击者可在两个操作之间将新创建的FIFO交换为符号链接，这将chmod调用重定向到任意文件，如果实用程序以提升的权限运行，可能启用权限提升。
Possible ATT&CK Techniques 2 AI
T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1564.004 · NTFS File Attributes
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-35352
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
uutils coreutils mkfifo Privilege Escalation via TOCTOU Race Condition
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mkfifo utility of uutils coreutils. The utility creates a FIFO and then performs a path-based chmod to set permissions. A local attacker with write access to the parent directory can swap the newly created FIFO for a symbolic link between these two operations. This redirects the chmod call to an arbitrary file, potentially enabling privilege escalation if the utility is run with elevated privileges.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
检查时间与使用时间(TOCTOU)的竞争条件
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
uutils coreutils 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
uutils coreutils是Uutils开源的一个跨平台核心命令行工具集。 uutils coreutils存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于mkfifo实用程序存在检查时间到使用时间竞争条件，实用程序创建FIFO然后执行基于路径的chmod以设置权限，具有父目录写入权限的本地攻击者可在两个操作之间将新创建的FIFO交换为符号链接，这将chmod调用重定向到任意文件，如果实用程序以提升的权限运行，可能启用权限提升。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
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Same Patch Batch · Uutils · 2026-04-22 · 44 CVEs total
| CVE-2026-35338 | 7.3 HIGH | uutils coreutils chmod Path Traversal Bypass of --preserve-root |
| CVE-2026-35368 | 7.2 HIGH | uutils coreutils chroot Local Privilege Escalation and chroot Escape in via Name Service S |
| CVE-2026-35341 | 7.1 HIGH | uutils coreutils mkfifo Unauthorized Permission Change on Existing Files |
| CVE-2026-35349 | 6.7 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils Path-Based Safety Bypass with --preserve-root |
| CVE-2026-35365 | 6.6 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils mv Denial of Service and Data Duplication via Improper Symlink Expansion |
| CVE-2026-35350 | 6.6 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils cp Unexpected Privileged Executable Creation with -p |
| CVE-2026-35374 | 6.3 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils split Arbitrary File Truncation via Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) |
| CVE-2026-35355 | 6.3 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils install Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink TOCTOU Race |
| CVE-2026-35364 | 6.3 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils mv Arbitrary File Overwrite via Cross-Device TOCTOU Race Condition |
| CVE-2026-35360 | 6.3 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils touch Arbitrary File Truncation via TOCTOU Race Condition |
| CVE-2026-35356 | 6.3 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils install Arbitrary File Overwrite with -D via Path Component Symlink Race |
| CVE-2026-35363 | 5.6 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils rm Safeguard Bypass via Improper Path Normalization |
| CVE-2026-35380 | 5.5 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils cut Local Logic Error and Data Integrity Issue in Delimiter Parsing |
| CVE-2026-35369 | 5.5 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils kill System-wide Process Termination and Denial of Service via Argument M |
| CVE-2026-35340 | 5.5 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils chown and chgrp False Success Exit Code in Recursive Mode |
| CVE-2026-35348 | 5.5 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils sort Local Denial of Service via Forced UTF-8 Parsing |
| CVE-2026-35339 | 5.5 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils chmod False Success Exit Code in Recursive Mode |
| CVE-2026-35345 | 5.3 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils tail Privileged Information Disclosure via Symlink Replacement Race |
| CVE-2026-35372 | 5.0 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils ln Security Bypass via Improper Handling of the --no-dereference Flag |
| CVE-2026-35357 | 4.7 MEDIUM | uutils coreutils cp Information Disclosure via Permission Handling Race |
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