CVE-2005-1920

high

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.

References

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112171434023679&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-07-26

Updated: 2024-01-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High