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CVE-2005-0988
Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary…
Low3.7EPSS 0.66%
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- mitre
Description
Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, 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 gzip 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)
- 0.66% · top 48% of all CVEs (6 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 (17)
- APPLE-SA-2006-08-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 22033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21253 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-752 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 101816 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:357 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19289 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA06-214A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 12996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 15487 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:765 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10242 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1169 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2006-262 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 20050404 gzip TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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