CVE-2005-1751

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    CVE-2005-1751

    Published: 25 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/15496, http://secunia.com/advisories/15668, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-789, http://www.zataz.net/adviso/shtool-05252005.txt, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93782, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111955937622637&w=2, http://securitytracker.com/id?1014059, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-08.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-564.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13767, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A345, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9639

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High