CVE-2005-2101 describes a vulnerability in KDE versions 3.0 through 3.4.2, where the langen2kvtml component insecurely creates temporary files in /tmp with predictable names. This allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files, leading to a potential integrity impact. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring local access but having low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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