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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2005-1740 json

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…

published 2005-05-24 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1742

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.6%
EPSS 8.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • net-snmp RHEL 4 5.1.2-11.EL4.6
  • net-snmp-libs RHEL 4 5.1.2-11.EL4.6
  • net-snmp-perl RHEL 4 5.1.2-11.EL4.6
  • net-snmp-utils RHEL 4 5.1.2-11.EL4.6
  • net-snmp RHEL 3 5.0.9-2.30E.19
  • net-snmp-libs RHEL 3 5.0.9-2.30E.19
  • net-snmp-perl RHEL 3 5.0.9-2.30E.19
  • net-snmp-utils RHEL 3 5.0.9-2.30E.19

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:395RHSA-2005:373

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-2005-1740 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 net-snmp 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-libs 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-perl 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-utils 5.0.9-2.30E.19 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 net-snmp 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-libs 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-perl 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-utils 5.0.9-2.30E.19
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:373
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 net-snmp 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-libs 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-perl 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-utils 5.1.2-11.EL4.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 net-snmp 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-libs 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-perl 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-utils 5.1.2-11.EL4.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:395
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 net-snmp 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-libs 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-perl 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-utils 5.0.9-2.30E.19
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:373
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 net-snmp 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-libs 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-perl 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-utils 5.1.2-11.EL4.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:395
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 net-snmp 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-libs 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-perl 5.0.9-2.30E.19, net-snmp-utils 5.0.9-2.30E.19
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:373
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 net-snmp 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-libs 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-perl 5.1.2-11.EL4.6, net-snmp-utils 5.1.2-11.EL4.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:395

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Exploit prediction

8.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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