Vulnerability in GNU Cpio
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 · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Cpio
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 4.10, 5.04
- Debian Linux — versions 3.0, 3.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- secunia.com/advisories/17532 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17123 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/15725 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-378.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/16998 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13159 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-1111?
- CVE-2005-1111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Cpio, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2005-05-02.
- How severe is CVE-2005-1111?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.