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CVE-2005-1918

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 87th percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 2.02.6LowEPSS percentile87th2.9% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2002-0399) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an "incorrect optimization" that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/".

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS87th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

2.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 87th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 7429 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Scored 2.6 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
  • Access Complexity HighSpecialized conditions required
  • Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity PartialSome data can be modified
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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