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CVE-2005-1040

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in netapplet in Novell Linux Desktop 9 allow local users to gain root privileges, related to "User input [being] passed to network scripts without verification."

Affected products

• Novell Linux Desktop: 9

References

• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Apr/0002.html
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Apr/0002.html

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