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CVE-2005-0758

Published: May 13, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
4.6MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
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

gnu
oss-project·USaka g. nu
gzip
OSS Libraries
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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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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