CVE-2005-2494
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Published: September 6, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKde
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (14)
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.2-kdebase-kcheckpass.diffMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112603999215453&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611555928169&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-815x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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