CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-2494

7.2 HIGH Published 2005-09-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-09-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Affected configurations

• kde kde 3.2.0 • kde kde 3.2.1 • kde kde 3.2.2 • kde kde 3.2.3 • kde kde 3.3.0 • kde kde 3.3.1 • kde kde 3.3.2 • kde kde 3.4.0 • kde kde 3.4.1 • kde kde 3.4.2

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