CVE-2005-2475 Affecting unzip package, versions <5.52-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-UNZIP-18353576
  • published28 Jul 2026
  • disclosed5 Aug 2005

Introduced: 5 Aug 2005

CVE-2005-2475  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest unzip to version 5.52-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unzip package and not the unzip package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in Unzip 5.52 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 Unzip after the decompression is complete.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1