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CVE-2005-1111

14
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 1,296 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cpio-0:2.5-4.RHEL3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cpio-0:2.5-8.RHEL4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1111Moderate

security flaw

Apr 13, 2005

References

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
Broken Link
ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txt
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ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txt
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lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
Broken Link
marc.info
Mailing List
secunia.com / advisories/16998
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secunia.com / advisories/17123
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secunia.com / advisories/17532
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secunia.com / advisories/18290
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secunia.com / advisories/18395
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secunia.com / advisories/20117
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oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A358
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oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9783
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-846
Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 15725
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redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-378.html
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redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html
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securityfocus.com / bid/13159
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-189-1
Third Party Advisory