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low 1.2

CVE-2005-2475 json

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…

published 2005-08-05 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2476

cvss
1.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • unzip Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.52-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2475

  • unzip RHEL 3 5.50-35.EL3
  • unzip RHEL 4 5.51-9.EL4.5

red hat advisories RHBA-2007:0418RHSA-2007:0203

  • unzip openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.00-39.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11485-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2475 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 unzip 5.50-35.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 unzip 5.50-35.EL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2007:0418
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 unzip 5.51-9.EL4.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 unzip 5.51-9.EL4.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0203
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 unzip 5.50-35.EL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2007:0418
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 unzip 5.51-9.EL4.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0203
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 unzip 5.50-35.EL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2007:0418
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 unzip 5.51-9.EL4.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0203

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-21-308-01 updated cvss 5.3

VISAM VBASE Editor

  • VISAM VBASE Pro-RT/ Server-RT (Web Remote) 11.6.0.6
    affected: mitigation “VISAM recommends users update to VBASE v11.7.0.2 or later. Users may obtain a download link by submitting a request form.” vbase.net

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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