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CVE-2005-1740: net-snmp

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 24-05-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1740 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in net-snmp. EPSS estimates a 8.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.64%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
RHSA-2005:373RHSA-2005:395

Timeline

  1. 24-05-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.64% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
8.64%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Net-snmp1 product
  • net-snmp5.0.1 | 5.0.3 | 5.0.4_pre2 | 5.0.5 | 5.0.6 | 5.0.7 | 5.0.8 | 5.0.9 | 5.1.2

1 vendor · 1 product

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