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TI-2005-00978 Aliases CVE-2005-1039GHSA-94gh-mvm8-54cf

Race condition in Core Utilities (coreutils) 5.2.1, when (1) mkdir, (2) mknod, or (3)…

Priority LOW 17Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00278 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.1VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.1 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1039
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-94gh-mvm8-54cf

References

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  • TI-2017-13227 In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2015-01675 fts.c in coreutils 8.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2015-03409 Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-07697 The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-03408 The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2024-00631 Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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