Local Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack on kcheckpass Lock Files

Local Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack on kcheckpass Lock Files

CVE-2005-2494 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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