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low 3.7

CVE-2005-1039 json

Race condition in Core Utilities (coreutils) 5.2.1, when (1) mkdir, (2) mknod, or (3) mkfifo is running with the -m switch, allows local us…

published 2005-04-10 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1042

cvss
3.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Race condition in Core Utilities (coreutils) 5.2.1, when (1) mkdir, (2) mknod, or (3) mkfifo is running with the -m switch, allows local users to modify permissions of other files.

Patch / fix

  • coreutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1039

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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