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CVE-2005-2475

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Description

Race condition in Unzip 5.52 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 Unzip after the decompression is complete.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9975

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-191-1

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0053/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14450

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0203.html

http://www.osvdb.org/18530

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:197

http://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-903

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/32

http://secunia.com/advisories/25098

http://secunia.com/advisories/17653

http://secunia.com/advisories/17342

http://secunia.com/advisories/17045

http://secunia.com/advisories/17006

http://secunia.com/advisories/16985

http://secunia.com/advisories/16309

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112300046224117&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-05

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.2

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00078

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