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CVE-2004-0689

KDE before 3.3.0 does not properly handle when certain symbolic links point to "stale" locations, which could allow local users to create or truncate arbitrary files.

Published

2004-09-28T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	kde	kde	< 3.3	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.0	Yes

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2 Mailing List ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/12276/ Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16963 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9334 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2 Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/12276/ Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16963 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9334 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)