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CVE-2005-0758
zgrep in gzip before 1.3.5 does not properly sanitize arguments, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 57 days later
· 57 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
25
- USN-158-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 16371 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- FLSA:158801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 22033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:357 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2007.002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9797 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- gzip-zgrep-file-installation(20539) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200505-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 25159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 13582 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 18100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2006-262 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 19183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1013928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90626 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0759 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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