When was CVE-2005-0990 disclosed?

CVE-2005-0990 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 2, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-0990 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-0990 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 27.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-0990?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-0990, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-0990

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

unshar (unshar.c) in sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the unsh.X temporary file.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 27.9%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitrehttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302412
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981
cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8459
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9613
cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/104-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302412
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8459
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9613
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/104-1/

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