CVE-2004-0690

high

Description

The DCOPServer in KDE 3.2.3 and earlier allows local users to gain unauthorized access via a symlink attack on DCOP files in the /tmp directory.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16962

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2004-0689

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10924

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:086

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-2.txt

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/330638

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/12276

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261386

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-09-28

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00518