18530 : UnZip Race Condition Arbitrary File Permission Modification
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Aug 01, 2005

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 UnZip contains a flaw that may allow a malicious local user to change permissions of arbitrary files on the system. The issue is triggered via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary file permission modification resulting in a loss of confidentiality and integrity.

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products
Info-ZIP
Watch-list
UnZip
Watch-list
 5.52
5.51
5.50

References

Tools & Filters
20125 20605 21480 22769 25135

Credit
  • Imran Ghory - imranghorygmail.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 1.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-08-05 | Disagree?

Access_vector_0 Access_complexity_0 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_1 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_0

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