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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112171434023679&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://secunia.com/advisories/16099 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23099 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014512 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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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:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.