CVE-2005-2494

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-08-08 CVE Reserved
2005-09-06 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112603999215453&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611555928169&w=2	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/16692	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18139	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21481	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14736	Vdb Entry
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv6.pdf	X_refsource_misc
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9388	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.2-kdebase-kcheckpass.diff	2017-10-11
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txt	2017-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-815	2017-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:160	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0582.html	2017-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-176-1	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2494	2006-08-10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617726	2006-08-10

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"				3.2.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.2.0"		-		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"				3.3.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.3.0"		-		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"				3.4.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.4.0"		-		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