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CVE-2005-1920

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 26, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxKde

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

The (1) Kate and (2) Kwrite applications in KDE KDE 3.2.x through 3.4.0 do not properly set the same permissions on the backup file as were set on the original file, which could allow local users and possibly remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Affected

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

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
3.1
Kde· Kde
95%
3.2 ≤ v ≤ 3.4.0

References (12)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112171434023679&w=2
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16099
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23099
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014512
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-281

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