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CVE-2006-2449

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2449 describes a local file disclosure vulnerability in KDE Display Manager (KDM) versions 3.2.0 through 3.5.3. An attacker could exploit this flaw via a symlink attack during login to read arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access and high attack complexity, but could lead to complete confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kdebase-6:3.3.1-5.12
View patch
debianvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-2449Important

security flaw

Jun 14, 2006

References

secunia.com / advisories/20602
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20660
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20674
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20702
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20785
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20869
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20890
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21662
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27181
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844
usn.ubuntu.com / 301-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1156
Vendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xml
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 26511
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/437133/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/437322/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18431
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2355