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CVE-2006-2449

KDE Display Manager (KDM) in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.5.3 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to the session type for login.

Published

2006-06-15T10:02:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	kde	kde	3.2	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.2.1	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.2.2	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.2.3	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.3	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.3.1	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.3.2	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.4	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.4.1	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.4.2	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.4.3	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.5	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.5.2	Yes
Operating System	kde	kde	3.5.3	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20602 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20660 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20674 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20702 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20785 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20869 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20890 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/21662 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016297 ([email protected])
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.444467 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1156 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xml ([email protected])
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:105 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:106 ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/26511 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437133/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437322/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18431 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2355 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27181 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/ ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20602 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20660 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20674 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20702 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20785 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20869 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20890 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21662 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016297 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.444467 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1156 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:105 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:106 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/26511 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437133/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437322/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18431 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2355 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27181 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)