CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-2494

Published: Sep 06, 2005 | Modified: Oct 11, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Kde Kde 3.2.0 (including) 3.2.0 (including)
Kde Kde 3.2.1 (including) 3.2.1 (including)
Kde Kde 3.2.2 (including) 3.2.2 (including)
Kde Kde 3.2.3 (including) 3.2.3 (including)
Kde Kde 3.3.0 (including) 3.3.0 (including)
Kde Kde 3.3.1 (including) 3.3.1 (including)
Kde Kde 3.3.2 (including) 3.3.2 (including)
Kde Kde 3.4.0 (including) 3.4.0 (including)
Kde Kde 3.4.1 (including) 3.4.1 (including)
Kde Kde 3.4.2 (including) 3.4.2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat kdebase-6:3.3.1-5.13 *
Kdebase Ubuntu dapper *
Kdebase Ubuntu devel *
Kdebase Ubuntu edgy *
Kdebase Ubuntu feisty *

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