CVE-2005-1040 — 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."

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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."

Published Apr 10, 2005

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.43%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.43% 0.00430

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00430

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.43% (0.00430)	34.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.43% (0.00430)	34.12th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00035)	6.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.05% (0.00050)	21.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 11, 2024	0.05% (0.00050)	19.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00050)	17.62th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Apr/0002.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Apr/0002.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 10, 2005

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Apr 10, 2005

Link CVE-2005-1040

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-1040

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-1040