CVE-2005-2496

4.6

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

0.45%

LOW RiskEPSS (37th percentile)

NVD-CWE-Other

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.

Published: 9/2/2005

Modified: 6/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

4.6

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

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.45%LOW Exploitation Risk

37th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.45% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 37% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other

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