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CVE-2005-4889

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2010-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

lib/fsm.c in RPM before 4.4.3 does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during deletion of the file in an RPM package removal, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid or (2) setgid file, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059.

Affected products

• RPM: through 4.4.2.3; 1.2, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.4.2, 1.4.2/a (+80)

References

• http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/rpm/files/rpm/rpm-4.4/rpm-4.4.3.tar.gz
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:180
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59426
• http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/rpm/files/rpm/rpm-4.4/rpm-4.4.3.tar.gz
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:180
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59426

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