CVE-2005-2475
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-08-05 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 15178e43bc37364c95a9abef19dda012289aaa5a68862550a54e9a3e433b31d0
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com25098http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- secunia.com17653http://secunia.com/advisories/17653
- www.info-zip.orghttp://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html
- www.trustix.org2005-0053http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0053/
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-191-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-191-1
- www.osvdb.org18530http://www.osvdb.org/18530
- www.securityfocus.com14450http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14450
- secunia.com17342http://secunia.com/advisories/17342
- secunia.com16985http://secunia.com/advisories/16985
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2005.39ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.39/SCOSA-2005.39.txt
- marc.info20050801 unzip TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112300046224117&w=2
- securityreason.com32http://securityreason.com/securityalert/32
- www.debian.orgDSA-903http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-903
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0203http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0203.html
- secunia.com17045http://secunia.com/advisories/17045
- secunia.com17006http://secunia.com/advisories/17006
- secunia.com16309http://secunia.com/advisories/16309
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9975https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9975
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:197http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:197
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- unzip Fixed in 5.52-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- unzip Fixed in 5.52-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- unzip Fixed in 5.52-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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