Matthias Ettrich KDE 3.2.x/3.3.x kdelibs privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Matthias Ettrich KDE 3.2.x/3.3.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component kdelibs. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0365. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Matthias Ettrich KDE 3.2.x/3.3.x and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component kdelibs. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The dcopidlng script in KDE 3.2.x and 3.3.x creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

The bug was discovered 02/11/2005. The weakness was shared 02/14/2005 by Davide Madrisan (LINUX) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.kde.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0365 since 02/11/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17288 (GLSA-200503-14 : KDE dcopidlng: Insecure temporary file creation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at kde.org. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19310), Tenable (17288), SecurityFocus (BID 12525†), OSVDB (13773†) and Secunia (SA14254†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 17288
Nessus Name: GLSA-200503-14 : KDE dcopidlng: Insecure temporary file creation
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OpenVAS ID: 52180
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: kdelibs, ja-kdelibs
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: kde.org

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02/14/2005 +3 days 🔍
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02/18/2005 +2 days 🔍
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03/17/2005 +9 days 🔍
03/23/2005 +6 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +40 days 🔍
07/01/2019 +5173 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.kde.org
Researcher: Davide Madrisan (LINUX)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0365 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0365
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1219

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X-Force: 19310
SecurityFocus: 12525 - KDE Library DCOPIDLING Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 14254 - KDE kdelibs dcopidlng Script Insecure Temporary File Creation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 13773 - KDE kdelibs dcopidlng Script Arbitrary File Manipulation
SecurityTracker: 1013525
Vulnerability Center: 7342 - KDE 3.3.2 Allows Creating or Overwriting Files via dcopidlng Script, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 02/16/2005 12:41
Updated: 07/01/2019 12:18
Changes: 02/16/2005 12:41 (94), 07/01/2019 12:18 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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