CVE-2005-1751
Race condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .shtool.$$ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1759.
02 Description
Race condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .shtool.$$ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1759.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-25 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-377Insecure Temporary FileClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 767a235f547a1e4c6cc8b52eed47d1c96c1def21ea7f921e9fa4a48fdd924a85
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-789http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-789
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9639https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9639
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93782
- secunia.com15668http://secunia.com/advisories/15668
- secunia.com15496http://secunia.com/advisories/15496
- securitytracker.com1014059http://securitytracker.com/id?1014059
- www.securityfocus.com13767http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13767
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:345https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A345
- www.zataz.nethttp://www.zataz.net/adviso/shtool-05252005.txt
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:564http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-564.html
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200506-08http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-08.xml
- marc.infoOpenPKG-SA-2005.011http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111955937622637&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mysql-ocaml Fixed in 1.0.3-6
- shtool Fixed in 2.0.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mysql-ocaml Fixed in 1.0.3-6
- shtool Fixed in 2.0.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mysql-ocaml Fixed in 1.0.3-6
- shtool Fixed in 2.0.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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