CVE-2005-2101

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

langen2kvtml in KDE 3.0 to 3.4.2 creates insecure temporary files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Affected products

Kde: 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5 (+21)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16428
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014675
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-818
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050815-1.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:159
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14561
http://secunia.com/advisories/16428
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014675
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-818
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050815-1.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:159
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14561

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