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CVE-2005-1111

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.

Published

2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-59
    CWE-367
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application gnu cpio ≤ 2.6 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 4.10 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 5.04 Yes
References