CVEvulnerability
CVE-2004-0689
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2004-09-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
KDE before 3.3.0 does not properly handle when certain symbolic links point to "stale" locations, which could allow local users to create or truncate arbitrary files.
Affected configurations
• kde kde (< 3.3)
• debian debian linux 3.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864 Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2 Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12276/ Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16963 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9334 Broken Link
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864 Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2 Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12276/ Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16963 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9334 Broken Link