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CVE-2006-2449

Published: Jun 15, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2449
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

KDE Display Manager (KDM) in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.5.3 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to the session type for login.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
KdeKde3.2 (including)3.2 (including)
KdeKde3.2.1 (including)3.2.1 (including)
KdeKde3.2.2 (including)3.2.2 (including)
KdeKde3.2.3 (including)3.2.3 (including)
KdeKde3.3 (including)3.3 (including)
KdeKde3.3.1 (including)3.3.1 (including)
KdeKde3.3.2 (including)3.3.2 (including)
KdeKde3.4 (including)3.4 (including)
KdeKde3.4.1 (including)3.4.1 (including)
KdeKde3.4.2 (including)3.4.2 (including)
KdeKde3.4.3 (including)3.4.3 (including)
KdeKde3.5 (including)3.5 (including)
KdeKde3.5.2 (including)3.5.2 (including)
KdeKde3.5.3 (including)3.5.3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkdebase-6:3.3.1-5.12*
KdebaseUbuntudapper*
KdebaseUbuntudevel*
KdebaseUbuntuedgy*
KdebaseUbuntufeisty*

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