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    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.

    Published:Jun 14, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jun 15, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00072
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Kde
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/20602
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20660
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20674
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20702
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20785
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20869
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20890
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21662
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016297
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.444467
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1156
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xml
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:105
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:106
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.html
    http://www.osvdb.org/26511
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437133/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437322/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18431
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2355
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27181
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20602
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20660
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20674
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20702
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20785
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20869
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20890
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21662
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016297
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.444467
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1156
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xml
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:105
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:106
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.html
    http://www.osvdb.org/26511
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437133/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437322/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18431
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2355
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27181
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High