CVE-2005-2101

medium

Description

langen2kvtml in KDE 3.0 to 3.4.2 creates insecure temporary files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-2102

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14561

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:159

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050815-1.txt

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-818

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014675

http://secunia.com/advisories/16428

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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