CVE-2005-0205

Severity Score

4.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*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

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.6

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* 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
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE 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
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934	2017-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692	2017-10-11
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities	2017-10-11
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.html	2017-10-11

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
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1"		-		Affected
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
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
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
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
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"		-		Affected