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CVE-2005-2180

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.35%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-07-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2005-2180
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.1
EPSS
0.35%

Original NVD Description

gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file with write access, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.