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CVE-2005-1976

10
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1976 describes a vulnerability in Novell NetMail versions 3.5.2a, 3.5.2b, and 3.5.2c running on Linux, where specific files are assigned owner and group ID 500. This misconfiguration allows users or groups with ID 500 to modify these files, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.7, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring authentication, and primarily impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:c:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.7LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 1,511 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/15763
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
Patch
osvdb.org / 17456
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/14005
Patch