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CVE-2005-1920

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1920 describes a vulnerability in the Kate and KWrite applications within KDE versions 3.2.x through 3.4.0. This flaw allows local users, and potentially remote attackers, to access sensitive information due to improper permission handling on backup files. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.2, <= 3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0367 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.11
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1920Moderate

security flaw

Jul 18, 2005

References

marc.info
Mailing List
secunia.com / advisories/16099
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/23099
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-804
Third Party Advisory
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/14297
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry