CVE-2005-1740 (GCVE-0-2005-1740)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-05-24 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 21:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
14 references
Date Public
2005-05-23 00:00
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