CVE-2005-0988

Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard…

published April 6, 2005

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, 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 gzip after the decompression is complete.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00655 · 50.7th percentile
Published
2005-04-06T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 APR 04:00Z
    Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard…
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