VDB
CVE-2005-2494
CVE-2005-2494
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.199999809265137 HIGH
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.
EPSS 0.44% · 36.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
7.199999809265137
EPSS Score
0.44%
36.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| kde | kde | 3.4.0, 3.2.0, 3.2.2 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Sep 6, 2005 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 20050905 [KDE Security Advisory] kcheckpass local root vulnerability mailing-list
- 16692 third-party-advisory
- 18139 third-party-advisory
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.2-kdebase-kcheckpass.diff patch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611555928169&w=2 technical
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txt patch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0582.html technical
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9388 technical
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21481 technical
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-815 technical
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:160 technical
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14736 technical
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2494 advisory
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv6.pdf url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-176-1 url