CVE-2006-2442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

kphone 4.2 creates .qt/kphonerc with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to read usernames and SIP passwords.

Published: 2006-05-18

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kphone:kphone:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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
Debian DSA	DSA-1062-1	New kphone packages fix information disclosure
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2443	kphone 4.2 creates .qt/kphonerc with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to read usernames and SIP passwords.

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 0.00055.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=337830
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1062
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:089
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18049
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1862

History

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Subscriptions

Kphone Kphone

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.757Z

Reserved: 2006-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2442

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-18T10:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-2442

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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