Vulnerability in KDE
CVE-2006-2449
KDE Display Manager (KDM) in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.5.3 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to the session type for login.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- KDE — versions 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2
References
- secunia.com/advisories/21662 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20890 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20674 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/26511 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20702 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20602 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)