CVE-2007-4569

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4569
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-21 19:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionbackend/session.c in KDM in KDE 3.3.0 through 3.5.7, when autologin is configured and "shutdown with password" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement and login to arbitrary accounts via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3 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 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
Operating System Kde Kde 3.4.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.0 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.4 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.5 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.6 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
KDE KDM Unspecified Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: kdebase-3.5.7-1.fc6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
KDE Autologin Authentication Bug May Let Remote Users Login Without a Password - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for kdm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for kdebase - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-517-1: kdm vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1725 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Mandriva update for kdebase - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for kdm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:190 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
KDM: Local privilege escalation — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2007:021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
rPath update for kdebase - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for kdebase - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for kdebase - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
KDE KDM Login Password Check Security Bypass - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: kdebase-3.5.7-13.1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for kdebase - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1376-1 kdebase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070919-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
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