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CVE-2004-0689

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxKde

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
3.0
Kde· Kde
95%
v < 3.3
Affected range stops below 3.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/12276/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16963
VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9334

CVSS

7.1HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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