Medium severity · published May 2, 2005
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…
4.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CP
Cpio · Gnu
through 2.6 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
3.0; 3.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
4.10; 5.04 · source: NVD
Affected product
UL
Ubuntu Linux
Canonical
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