Is CVE-2005-1111 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-1111 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-1111?

CVE-2005-1111 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-1111?

CVE-2005-1111 has an EPSS score of 0.31% (23th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1111?

Upgrade cpio on debian 11 to 2.6-6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-1111

MEDIUM

4.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by cpio after the decompression is complete.

CWE-59Link Following CWE-367TOCTOU Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

cpioDebian

Fixed in:2.6-6CVE-2005-1111

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

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

23rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 23% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory3

Mailing List1

marc.info

Other references12

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.