CVE-2005-2101

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2101
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-08-17 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionlangen2kvtml in KDE 3.0 to 3.4.2 creates insecure temporary files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.4 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.5 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.5a All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1.4 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1.5 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1_alpha1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1_beta1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1_beta2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.0_beta1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.4 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.4.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.4.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - KDE langen2kvtml Insecure Temporary File Creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-818-1 kdeedu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
KDE langen2kvtml Temporary File Flaw May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
KDE Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050815-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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