CVE-2005-2101

Debian Linux Security Advisory 818-1

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

It was discovered that langen2kvhtml from the kvoctrain package from the kdeedu suite creates temporary files in an insecure fashion. This leaves them open for symlink attacks.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-06-30 CVE Reserved
2005-08-17 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/16428	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014675	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14561	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050815-1.txt	2008-09-05

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-818	2008-09-05
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:159	2008-09-05

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"				3.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.3 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.3"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.4 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.4"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.5 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.5"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.5a Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.5a"		-		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
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.1_alpha1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1_alpha1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.1_beta1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1_beta1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.1_beta2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1_beta2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.2.0_beta1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.2.0_beta1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.2.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.2.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.2.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.2.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.2.3 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.2.3"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.3 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.3"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.3.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.3.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.3.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.3.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.4 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.4"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.4.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.4.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.4.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.4.2"		-		Affected