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CVE-2005-1759
Race condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to modify or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files…
Low1.2EPSS 0.35%
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- mitre
Description
Race condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to modify or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files after they have been created, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1751.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93782 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15668 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 13767 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200506-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2005.011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_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)
- 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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