{"cve":"CVE-2005-2496","nvd":{"published":"2005-09-02T17:03:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:15:00.480","status":"Modified","description":"The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon before 4.2.0b, when run with the -u option and using a string to specify the group, uses the group ID of the user instead of the group, which causes xntpd to run with different privileges than intended.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/16602","http://secunia.com/advisories/21464","http://securitytracker.com/id?1016679","http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:156"],"products":["dave_mills:ntpd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:39:29.870204089+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-2496","score":0.00445,"percentile":0.3873,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}