Name: CVE-2005-1740: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2005-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2005-1740, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.0864

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade net-snmp	Dec 10, 2025	Jul 9, 2005
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-analyzer/net-snmp.	Oct 30, 2017	May 24, 2005

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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