8590 : KDE DCOPServer Insecure Temporary File Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-08-11

Description

KDE DCOPServer contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is due to the DCOPServer not creating temporary files in a secure manner. This may allow an attacker to use a symlink style of attack to gain access to user credentials causing a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, KDE has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

KDE Project	KDE	3.2.0
		3.2.1
		3.2.2
		3.2.3

References

Security Tracker: 1010932
Secunia Advisory ID: 12276 12284 12343 12465 12495 12521
CVE ID: 2004-0690 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 8589
Other Advisory URL: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261386
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000864
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:086
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.440345
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-2.txt

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Colin Phipps - cphcph.demon.co.uk -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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