HIGH
security flaw
Published Sep 6, 2005
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.44%
Description
kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kdebase-6:3.3.1-5.13
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0582
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kdebase-6:3.3.1-5.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0582 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.44% 0.00442
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00442
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00442) | 36.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00442) | 34.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 13.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.2-kdebase-kcheckpass.diff x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112603999215453&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611555928169&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16692 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18139 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21481 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-815 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:160 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0582.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14736 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv6.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-176-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2494 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617726 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2494
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9388 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2494
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 6, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 8, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2494
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a