CVE-2005-1751: Shtool

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .shtool.$$ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1759.

Affected products

• Shtool Shtool: up to and including 2.0.1

Published 2005-05-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.