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CVE-2005-0953
Race condition in bzip2 1.0.2 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file…
Low3.7EPSS 0.40%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Race condition in bzip2 1.0.2 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 bzip2 after the decompression is complete.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (23)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FLSA:158801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 26444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- bzip2-toctou-symlink(19926) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-730 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2007.002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 27274 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070109 rPSA-2007-0004-1 bzip2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 200191 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-11-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3525 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3868 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29940 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27643 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12954 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- TA07-319A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20050330 bzip2 TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 103118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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