MEDIUM
Unzip 5.51 and earlier does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users to gain privileges
Published Mar 1, 2005
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
Unzip 5.51 and earlier does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users to gain privileges.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
We do not consider this a security vulnerability; this is the expected behaviour.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.2 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.40% 0.00395
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00395
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 31.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 31.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.02% (0.00020) | 3.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110960796331943&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17045 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27684 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103150-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200844-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:197 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14447 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0053/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3866 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0602 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0602
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0602
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 1, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 1, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0602
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a