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CVE-2004-0690

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-09-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The DCOPServer in KDE 3.2.3 and earlier allows local users to gain unauthorized access via a symlink attack on DCOP files in the /tmp directory.

Affected products

• Kde: 3.2.1

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261386
• 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.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/330638
• http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-2.txt
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:086
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10924
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16962
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261386
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864

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