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High
CVE-2005-2494
kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:160
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112603999215453&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16692
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9388
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-176-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21481
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-815
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0582.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611555928169&w=2
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv6.pdf
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.2-kdebase-kcheckpass.diff
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14736
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 6th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.