CVE-2005-2494

high

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9388

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-176-1

http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv6.pdf

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14736

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0582.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:160

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txt

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-815

http://secunia.com/advisories/21481

http://secunia.com/advisories/18139

http://secunia.com/advisories/16692

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611555928169&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112603999215453&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-09-06

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00051