CVE-2005-1111 describes a race condition vulnerability in cpio versions 2.6 and earlier, affecting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, and GNU Linux. This flaw allows a local attacker to manipulate file permissions through a hard link attack during decompression, specifically targeting files whose permissions are set post-decompression. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a low-privilege local attack with high complexity, potentially leading to significant integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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