VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0990
unshar (unshar.c) in sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the unsh.X temporary file.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
unshar (unshar.c) in sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the unsh.X temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/sharutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302412Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981
- https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8459Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9613
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/104-1/
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302412Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981
- https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8459Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9613
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/104-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.