01 Record
CVE-2006-2449
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
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
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.3% 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
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2006-06-15 10:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-18
- 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
- 3a25e7bdeb1628282c91ed3f4be68dc0abe25ab65bfa19b8541d374f6736325b
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com21662http://secunia.com/advisories/21662
- secunia.com20890http://secunia.com/advisories/20890
- secunia.com20674http://secunia.com/advisories/20674
- www.osvdb.org26511http://www.osvdb.org/26511
- secunia.com20702http://secunia.com/advisories/20702
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0548http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html
- securitytracker.com1016297http://securitytracker.com/id?1016297
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:106http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:106
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-301-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/
- secunia.com20602http://secunia.com/advisories/20602
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkde-kdm-symlink(27181)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27181
- secunia.com20869http://secunia.com/advisories/20869
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9844https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-2355http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2355
- secunia.com20660http://secunia.com/advisories/20660
- www.debian.orgDSA-1156http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1156
- www.securityfocus.com20060614 [KDE Security Advisory] KDM symlink attack vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437133/100/0/threaded
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:039http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.html
- www.kde.orghttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200606-23http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xml
- slackware.comSSA:2006-178-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.444467
- secunia.com20785http://secunia.com/advisories/20785
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:105http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:105
- www.securityfocus.com20060615 rPSA-2006-0106-1 kdebasehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437322/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com18431http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18431