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CVE-2005-1111

medium

Description

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.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9783

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A358

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-1114

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13159

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-378.html

http://www.osvdb.org/15725

http://secunia.com/advisories/20117

http://secunia.com/advisories/18395

http://secunia.com/advisories/18290

http://secunia.com/advisories/17532

http://secunia.com/advisories/17123

http://secunia.com/advisories/16998

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111342664116120&w=2

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00311