Description
Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier 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 cpio after the decompression is complete.
References (19)
Core 19
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111342664116120&w=2
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17532
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sco
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txt
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17123
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/15725
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-378.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16998
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13159
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
Broken Link vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9783
Broken Link vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A358
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sco
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txt
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18395
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18290
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
25.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-367
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
4.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
5.04
debian/debian_linux
3.0
debian/debian_linux
3.1
gnu/cpio
< 2.6
Published
May 02, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026