01 Record
CVE-2005-2101
langen2kvtml in KDE 3.0 to 3.4.2 creates insecure temporary files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
langen2kvtml in KDE 3.0 to 3.4.2 creates insecure temporary files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-08-17 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-30
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b378138c510a28f33da4bc8be393301340e22ca63f15bd3e26b11ef00a445560
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com14561http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14561
- www.kde.orghttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050815-1.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-818http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-818
- secunia.com16428http://secunia.com/advisories/16428
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:159http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:159
- securitytracker.com1014675http://securitytracker.com/id?1014675