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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in KDE 1.x. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file /tmp of the component kfm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
kfm as included with KDE 1.x can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a symlink attack in the kfm cache directory in /tmp.
The weakness was published 08/02/2001 by Paul Starzetz as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0610. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6428).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
04/18/2001 🔍08/02/2001 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comResearcher: Paul Starzetz
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0610 (🔍)
X-Force: 6428 - KDE KFM tmpfile symbolic link could allow local attackers to overwrite files
SecurityFocus: 2629 - KFM Insecure TMP File Creation Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 07/07/2014 17:13Updated: 05/31/2018 10:32
Changes: 07/07/2014 17:13 (46), 05/31/2018 10:32 (9)
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