Is CVE-2005-1039 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-1039 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-1039?

CVE-2005-1039 has a CVSS v2 base score of 3.7 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-1039?

CVE-2005-1039 has an EPSS score of 0.28% (20th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1039?

Upgrade coreutils on debian 11 to 6.10-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-1039

LOW

3.7

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

coreutilsDebian

Fixed in:6.10-1CVE-2005-1039

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

securityfocus.com

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