security flaw
Published Aug 5, 2005
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
unzip-0:5.50-35.EL3
Fixed · RHBA-2007:0418
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
unzip-0:5.51-9.EL4.5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0203
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | unzip-0:5.50-35.EL3 | Fixed | RHBA-2007:0418 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | unzip-0:5.51-9.EL4.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0203 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was addressed in unzip packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 via RHBA-2007:0418 and RHSA-2007:0203 respectively. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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% (0.00399) | 31.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00399) | 31.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 20.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 29.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 28.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 25.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (23)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.39/SCOSA-2005.39.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112300046224117&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16309 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16985 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17006 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17045 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17653 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/32 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-903 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- 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.osvdb.org/18530 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0203.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14450 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0053/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-191-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2475 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617723 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2475
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9975 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2475
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