Description
The KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5 causes KDM passwords to be cached, which allows attackers to login without a password by attempting to log in multiple times.
Published: 2006-09-06
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-3736 The KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5 causes KDM passwords to be cached, which allows attackers to login without a password by attempting to log in multiple times.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:53.976Z

Reserved: 2006-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3742

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-06T20:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-3742

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