CVE-2005-2494

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2494
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-06 23:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionkcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.0 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 3.3.0 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 3.4.0 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
ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.2-kdebase-kcheckpass.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.kde.org Patch
'[ Suresec Advisories ] - Kcheckpass file creation vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Fedora update for kdebase - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
KDE kcheckpass Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-815-1 kdebase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - KDE kcheckpass Insecure Lock File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SuSec - Education Information af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.suresec.org
usn/usn-176-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
'[KDE Security Advisory] kcheckpass local root vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for kdebase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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