CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2494

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 through 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can escalate privileges to root, leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update KDE to version 3.4.3 or later, which fixes this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS