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CVE-2005-2496
The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon before 4.2.0b, when run with the -u option and using a string to specify the group, uses the group ID of the…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon before 4.2.0b, when run with the -u option and using a string to specify the group, uses the group ID of the user instead of the group, which causes xntpd to run with different privileges than intended.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 25 days later
· 25 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)
- 0.45% · top 61% 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
12
- 14673 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0393 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2005-812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 19055 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016679 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 16602 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1561 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:156 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- ntp-incorrect-group-permissions(22035) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9669 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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-2005-2497 (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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