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CVE-2001-1197

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

klprfax_filter in KDE2 KDEUtils allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the klprfax.filter temporary file.

Affected products

• Kdeutils: 2.2, 2.2.2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100837486611350&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245500
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3694
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7700
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100837486611350&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245500
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3694
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7700

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