VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-2496
CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-09-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.