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CVE-2004-0689

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-09-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

KDE before 3.3.0 does not properly handle when certain symbolic links point to "stale" locations, which could allow local users to create or truncate arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 3.0
• Kde: before 3.3 — fixed in 3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kde 3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12276/
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539
• http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16963
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9334
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12276/
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml

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