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5.1	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in KDE. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file tmp of the component langen2kvtml. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 08/15/2005. The weakness was published 08/17/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at kde.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2101 since 06/30/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19914 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdeedu (MDKSA-2005:159)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21807) and Tenable (19914).

Productinfo

Name

• KDE

Version

• 3.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.5a
• 3.1
• 3.1 Alpha1
• 3.1 Beta1
• 3.1 Beta2
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4
• 3.1.5
• 3.2
• 3.2.0 Beta1
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.3
• 3.3.1
• 3.3.2
• 3.4
• 3.4.1
• 3.4.2

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 19914
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdeedu (MDKSA-2005:159)
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OpenVAS ID: 55399
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 818-1 (kdeedu)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

06/30/2005 🔍
08/15/2005 +46 days 🔍
08/15/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/15/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/17/2005 +2 days 🔍
08/17/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/22/2005 +5 days 🔍
09/06/2005 +15 days 🔍
10/05/2005 +29 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3444 days 🔍
06/08/2019 +1550 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kde.org
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2005-2101 (🔍)
X-Force: 21807
SecurityTracker: 1014675
Vulnerability Center: 8942 - KDE Files Overwrite via langen2kvtml, Low
SecurityFocus: 14561 - KDE Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 16428
OSVDB: 18758 - KDE - Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/08/2019 12:59
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (69), 06/08/2019 12:59 (11)
Complete: 🔍

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