CVE-2005-2494 — KDE vulnerability

8 documents6 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
KDE
Timeline
PublishedSep 6
Latest updateMay 3

Description

kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDkde/kde10 versions+9

Patches

Patch: ftp.kde.org ↗Patch: www.kde.org ↗Patch: ftp.kde.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3p2f-43j8-jmf7: kcheckpass in KDE 3↗2022-05-03
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CVEList
CVE-2005-2494: kcheckpass in KDE 3↗2005-09-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
kcheckpass vulnerability↗2005-09-07
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Red Hat
security flaw↗2005-09-05
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2005-2494 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2005-2494 kdebase- kcheckpass privilege escalation, CVE-2006-2449 kdebase- KDM symlink attack vulnerability↗2006-02-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2005-2494 kcheckpass privilege escalation↗2005-08-29
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CVE-2005-2494 — KDE vulnerability | cvebase