CVE-2005-1111
MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: April 16, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxCpio
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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txt
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txt
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846
References (19)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SCOBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SCOBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111342664116120&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16998Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17123Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17532CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59CWE-367
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