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CVE-2005-0988Not scored

CVE-2005-0988: Gnu Gzip vulnerability

Gnu · Gzip

Vendor fix available · Affected: Gnu Gzip · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.7%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
51st percentile
050100

Higher than 51% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, 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 gzip after the decompression is complete.

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Exploitation
Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Gnu
Published
April 2005

CoverageNo articles yet

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References

5 more references are in the CVE record.