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CVE-2005-1976
Novell NetMail 3.5.2a, 3.5.2b, and 3.5.2c, when running on Linux, sets the owner and group ID to 500 for certain files, which could allow…
Low1.7EPSS 0.41%
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Description
Novell NetMail 3.5.2a, 3.5.2b, and 3.5.2c, when running on Linux, sets the owner and group ID to 500 for certain files, which could allow users or groups with that ID to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by modifying those files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.7 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% 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 1.7.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 14005 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 15763 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17456 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1014251 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098022.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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