gzip before 1.3 in Solaris 8, when called with the -f or -force flags, will change the permissions of files that are hard linked to the target files, which allows local users to view or modify these files.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17577
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/635998
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1654
http://secunia.com/advisories/12744
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2004-10-04
Updated: 2025-04-03
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Severity: Low
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00109