CVE-2005-1039 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a race condition in coreutils commands to modify permissions of arbitrary files, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1039?
CVE-2005-1039 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Apr 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Race condition in Core Utilities (coreutils) 5.2.1, when (1) mkdir, (2) mknod, or (3) mkfifo is running with the -m switch, allows local users to modify permissions of other files.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1039?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Coreutils.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1039?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-1039 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1039 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1039, GHSA-94gh-mvm8-54cf.