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CVE-2005-1039

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• GNU coreutils: 5.2.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13053
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13053

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