Vulnerability in Shtool
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 after they have been created, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1751.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.2 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (26.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/15668 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13767 (vdb-entry)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-08.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)