CVE-2006-3742 describes a critical vulnerability in the KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5, where KDM passwords are cached, enabling attackers to bypass authentication by repeatedly attempting to log in. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.4_0.4.fc5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdebase:3.5.4_0.4.fc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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