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CVE-2005-1760

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-06-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

sysreport 1.3.15 and earlier includes contents of the up2date file in a report, which leaks the password for a proxy server in plaintext and allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2.1, 3.0, 4.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0, 4.0
• RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation: 2.1
• RedHat Sysreport: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/15675
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014181
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-502.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13936
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A623
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9522
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15675
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014181
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-502.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13936
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A623
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9522

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