CVE-2005-0758

Published: May 13, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

NVD MITRE

4.6CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

zgrep in gzip before 1.3.5 does not properly sanitize arguments, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that are injected into a sed script.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

gzip gnu OSS Libraries

ubuntu linux canonical

On-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

n/a n/a

gnuoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka g. nu

canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt

ftp.sco.com

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc

patches.sgi.com

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90626

bugs.gentoo.org

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Timeline

Published

May 13, 2005

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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