Secunia Logo  


Secunia PSI WorldMap
 
KDE kdelibs dcopidlng Script Insecure Temporary File Creation
Secunia Advisory: SA14254
Release Date: 2005-02-14
Last Update: 2005-03-16
Popularity: 10,243 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:KDE 3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

Subscribe: Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities


Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Description:
Davide Madrisan has reported a vulnerability in KDE kdelibs, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges on a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the dcopidlng script creating temporary files insecurely. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system with the privileges of the user invoking the vulnerable script.

The vulnerability affects all versions in the KDE 3.2.x and KDE 3.3.x series.

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



Track this Secunia Advisory
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
  
Latest Advisories

Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.

Most Popular - 3 Hours

1. Internet Explorer Charset Inheritance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability // 34 views
2. Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities // 22 views
3. Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel-Mode Driver Multiple Vulnerabilities // 20 views
4. Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities // 19 views
5. Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities // 19 views
6. Gimp BMP Image Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability // 18 views
7. McAfee Network Security Manager Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities // 13 views
8. Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities // 12 views
9. Zeroboard Multiple Vulnerabilities // 11 views
10. Avaya Products Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities // 10 views