Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by cpio after the decompression is complete.
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111342664116120&w=2
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2005-05-02
Updated: 2025-04-03
Base Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Low
Base Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00075