Race condition in UnZip - CVE-2005-2475
Published: November 8, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57976
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-2475
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Info-ZIP
Affected software:
UnZip
UnZip
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition. A local user can exploit the race, modify permissions of arbitrary files and escalate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-2475
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.39/SCOSA-2005.39.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112300046224117&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16309
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16985
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17006
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17045
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17653
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/32
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-903
- http://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:197
- http://www.osvdb.org/18530
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0203.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14450
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0053/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-191-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9975