Vulnerability in KDE
CVE-2005-2101
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- KDE — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14561 (vdb-entry)
- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050815-1.txt (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-818 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/16428 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)