CVE-2005-0990

critical

Description

unshar (unshar.c) in sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the unsh.X temporary file.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/104-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9613

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957

https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8459

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.html

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302412

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-02

Updated: 2018-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical