CVE-2005-1920

KDE Security Advisory 2005-07-18.1

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The (1) Kate and (2) Kwrite applications in KDE KDE 3.2.x through 3.4.0 do not properly set the same permissions on the backup file as were set on the original file, which could allow local users and possibly remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Las aplicaciones Kate y Kwrite en KDE 3.2.x hasta la 3.4.0 no fijan adecuadamente los permisos en los ficheros de backup, lo que podría permitir que usuarios locales, y posiblemente también remotos, obtengan información confidencial.

KDE Security Advisory: Kate / Kwrite create a file backup before saving a modified file. These backup files are created with default permissions, even if the original file had more strict permissions set. Depending on the system security settings, backup files might be readable by other users. All maintained versions of Kate and Kwrite as shipped with KDE 3.2.x up to including 3.4.0. KDE 3.1.x and older and KDE 3.4.1 and newer are not affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-06-08 CVE Reserved
2005-07-19 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-07-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112171434023679&w=2	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/16099	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23099	Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014512	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14297	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt	2024-01-25

URL	Date	SRC
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml	2024-01-25
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804	2024-01-25
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html	2024-01-25
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.html	2024-01-25
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded	2024-01-25
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1920	2005-07-27
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617675	2005-07-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				>= 3.2 <= 3.4.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version " >= 3.2 <= 3.4.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				3.1 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "3.1"		-		Affected