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CVE-2005-1920 Detail

Description

The (1) Kate and (2) Kwrite applications in KDE KDE 3.2.x through 3.4.0 do not properly set the same permissions on the backup file as were set on the original file, which could allow local users and possibly remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  07/26/2005

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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Hyperlink Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112171434023679&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014512
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14297
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9434
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9434

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-1920
NVD Published Date:
07/26/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/19/2018