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Fencer Vulns
low 3.7

CVE-2005-1751 json

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.$$ te…

published 2005-05-25 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1753

cvss
3.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • shtool Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.1-2
  • mysql-ocaml Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.3-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1751

  • php RHEL 3 4.3.2-24.ent
  • php RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.7
  • php-gd RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.7
  • php-imap RHEL 3 4.3.2-24.ent
  • php-imap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.7
  • php-ldap RHEL 3 4.3.2-24.ent
  • php-ldap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.7
  • php-odbc RHEL 3 4.3.2-24.ent

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:564

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-1751 updated

shtool: insecure temporary file creation

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php 4.3.2-24.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-24.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-24.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-24.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-24.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-24.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php 4.3.2-24.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-24.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-24.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-24.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-24.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-24.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.7, php-gd 4.3.9-3.7, php-imap 4.3.9-3.7, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.7, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.7, php-pear 4.3.9-3.7, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.7, php-gd 4.3.9-3.7, php-imap 4.3.9-3.7, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.7, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.7, php-pear 4.3.9-3.7, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php 4.3.2-24.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-24.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-24.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-24.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-24.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-24.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.7, php-gd 4.3.9-3.7, php-imap 4.3.9-3.7, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.7, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.7, php-pear 4.3.9-3.7, +7 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php 4.3.2-24.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-24.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-24.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-24.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-24.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-24.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.7, php-gd 4.3.9-3.7, php-imap 4.3.9-3.7, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.7, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.7, php-pear 4.3.9-3.7, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:564
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 nmap Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 nmap
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.