MEDIUM
cpio directory traversal issue
Published Apr 22, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.06%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a cpio file.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This is defined and documented behaviour: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=156313
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.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.06% 0.02062
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02062
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 | 2.06% (0.02062) | 80.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01875) | 76.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.96% (0.00962) | 74.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 71.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 69.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00264) | 65.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00264) | 62.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 80.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 79.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 57.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (21)
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111403177526312&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16998 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17123 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18290 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18395 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20117 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27857 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/17939 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13291 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1229 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=156313 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20204 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1229
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1229
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 22, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 22, 2005
Link CVE-2005-1229
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a