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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…
Low1.2EPSS 0.40%
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- mitre
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 the decompression is complete.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- 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 1.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- 25098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17653 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 2005-0053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- USN-191-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 18530 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 14450 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17342 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16985 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050801 unzip TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- DSA-903 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0203 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17045 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17006 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16309 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:197 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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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