CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1740

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in the fixproc tool of Net-snmp versions 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 causes insecure creation of temporary files. A local user can modify the contents of these files to execute arbitrary commands or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is the possibility of privilege escalation by a local user, which could lead to system compromise or data corruption.

Recommendation

Immediately update Net-snmp to version 5.2.1-r1 or later, which fixes this vulnerability. In the meantime, restrict local access to the system for untrusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS