7.2

CVE-2005-4889: rpm

CVSS: 7.2v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-4889
Published 08-06-2010Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-4889 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in rpm. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2010:0678

Timeline

  1. 08-06-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

lib/fsm.c in RPM before 4.4.3 does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during deletion of the file in an RPM package removal, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid or (2) setgid file, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.32% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • rpm< 4.7.0-1
Rpm1 product
  • rpm≤ 4.4.2.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3.1 | 1.4 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2\/a | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 2..4.10 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.3.10 | 2.2.3.11 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | 2.2.6 | 2.2.7 | 2.2.8 | 2.2.9 | 2.2.10 | 2.2.11 | 2.3 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.6 | 2.3.7 | 2.3.8 | 2.3.9 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.5 | 2.4.6 | 2.4.8 | 2.4.9 | 2.4.11 | 2.4.12 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.5 | 2.5.6 | 2.6.7 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 4.0. | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.1 | 4.3.3 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.2.1 | 4.4.2.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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