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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in KDE. Affected is some unknown processing of the component KDM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
backend/session.c in KDM in KDE 3.3.0 through 3.5.7, when autologin is configured and "shutdown with password" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement and login to arbitrary accounts via unspecified vectors.
The bug was discovered 09/19/2007. The weakness was presented 09/21/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-4569 since 08/28/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26091 (FreeBSD : kdm -- passwordless login vulnerability (79b616d0-66d1-11dc-b25f-02e0185f8d72)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156023 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for kdebase (ELSA-2007-0905)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36711) and Tenable (26091). See 38224 and 37855 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 26091
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : kdm -- passwordless login vulnerability (79b616d0-66d1-11dc-b25f-02e0185f8d72)
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OpenVAS ID: 58614
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1376-1 (kdebase)
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Sources
Advisory: debian.orgStatus: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4569 (🔍)
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X-Force: 36711
SecurityTracker: 1018724
Vulnerability Center: 16228 - KDM in KDE 3.3.0-3.5.7 Allows Remote Bypass of Password Requirement, Medium
SecurityFocus: 25730 - KDE KDM Unspecified Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 26929
OSVDB: 41394 - CVE-2007-4569 - KDE - Security Bypass Issue
Vupen: ADV-2007-3227
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 12:18Updated: 07/26/2019 22:07
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (80), 07/26/2019 22:07 (5)
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