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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by Unzip after the decompression is complete.

LOW 1.2EPSS 0.40%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
1.2 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.40% probability · 33th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
info-zip/unzip
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.