CVE-2005-1111

low-risk
Published 2005-05-02

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.09% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.7/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Canonical Debian Gnu

References (38)

Broken Link ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
Broken Link ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txt
Broken Link ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txt
Broken Link http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
Mailing List http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111342664116120&w=2
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/16998
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/17123
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/17532
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/18290
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/18395
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846
Broken Link http://www.osvdb.org/15725
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-378.html
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13159
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1
Broken Link https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3...
Broken Link https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3...
Broken Link ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
and 18 more references
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low-risk
Severity 12/34 · Low
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low