CVE-2004-0690 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting DCOPServer in KDE 3.2.3 and earlier. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on DCOP files within the /tmp directory to gain unauthorized access. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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