CVE-2004-0690 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The DCOPServer in KDE 3.2.3 and earlier allows local users to gain unauthorized access via a symlink attack on DCOP files in the /tmp directory.

Published: 2004-09-14

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0689	The DCOPServer in KDE 3.2.3 and earlier allows local users to gain unauthorized access via a symlink attack on DCOP files in the /tmp directory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00108.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261386
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12276
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/330638
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-2.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:086
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10924
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16962

History

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Kde Kde

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-14T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:24:27.164Z

Reserved: 2004-07-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0690

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-09-28T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0690

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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