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    CVE-2005-1920

    The (1) Kate and (2) Kwrite applications in KDE KDE 3.2.x through 3.4.0 do not properly set the same permissions on the backup file as were set on the original file, which could allow local users and possibly remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

    Published:Jul 18, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jul 26, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.02823
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Kde
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112171434023679&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/16099
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23099
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1014512
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14297
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112171434023679&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/16099
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23099
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1014512
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14297
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High