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CVE-2005-0990

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• GNU Sharutils: 4.2.1

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302412
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981
• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8459
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9613
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/104-1/
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302412
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981
• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8459
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957

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