CVE-2005-1759: Shtool

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to modify or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files after they have been created, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1751.

Affected products

• Shtool Shtool: up to and including 2.0.1

Published 2005-06-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.