CVE-2005-2496

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.45%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-09-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2005-2496

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

4.6

EPSS

0.45%

Original NVD Description

The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon before 4.2.0b, when run with the -u option and using a string to specify the group, uses the group ID of the user instead of the group, which causes xntpd to run with different privileges than intended.