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

Advisories
More

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

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

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-1922

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14297

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html

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

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014512

http://secunia.com/advisories/23099

http://secunia.com/advisories/16099

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-07-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0367