MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Jun 15, 2006
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
KDE Display Manager (KDM) in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.5.3 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to the session type for login.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kdebase-6:3.3.1-5.12
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0548
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kdebase-6:3.3.1-5.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0548 |
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.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.38% 0.00376
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00376
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 29.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 29.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00079) | 21.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 25.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 23.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 26.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | 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 (29)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20602 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20660 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20674 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20702 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20785 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20869 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20890 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21662 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016297 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.444467 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1156 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:105 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:106 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/26511 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437133/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437322/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18431 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2355 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2449 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618107 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27181 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2449
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2449
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 15, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 18, 2006
Link CVE-2006-2449
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a