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CVE-2005-1111

Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attac

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 EPSS 0.00093
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
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Affected Products & Versions

3
gnu cpio<= 2.6
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.7
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD02 May 2005 · 04:00 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

3
usnUSN-189-1
rhsaRHSA-2005:378Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2005:806Moderate
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References & Sources

19
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.ascBroken Link
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txtBroken Link
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txtBroken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.htmlBroken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111342664116120&w=2Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/16998Broken Link
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