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CVE-2005-1740
fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to modify the contents of those files…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 8.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to modify the contents of those files to execute arbitrary commands, or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.6% · top 4.9% 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: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- 13715 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200505-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0598 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/net-snmp-05182005.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1014039 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 16778 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 16999 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18635 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11659 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:395 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:373 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17135 (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-2005-1742 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-1740)Record last updated .