CVE-2005-0205
Severity Score
9.1
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
KPPP 2.1.2 in KDE 3.1.5 and earlier, when setuid root without certain wrappers, does not properly close a privileged file descriptor for a domain socket, which allows local users to read and write to /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf and gain control over DNS name resolution by opening a number of file descriptors before executing kppp.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2005-02-01 CVE Reserved
- 2005-02-28 CVE Published
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (8)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9596 | Signature |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0205 | 2005-03-03 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617492 | 2005-03-03 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Bernd Wuebben Search vendor "Bernd Wuebben" | Kppp Search vendor "Bernd Wuebben" for product "Kppp" | 2.1.2 Search vendor "Bernd Wuebben" for product "Kppp" and version "2.1.2" | - |
Affected
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| Kde Search vendor "Kde" | Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" | 3.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1" | - |
Affected
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| Kde Search vendor "Kde" | Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" | 3.1.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1.1" | - |
Affected
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| Kde Search vendor "Kde" | Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" | 3.1.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1.2" | - |
Affected
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| Kde Search vendor "Kde" | Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" | 3.1.3 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1.3" | - |
Affected
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| Kde Search vendor "Kde" | Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" | 3.1.4 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1.4" | - |
Affected
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| Kde Search vendor "Kde" | Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" | 3.1.5 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1.5" | - |
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