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CVE-2005-1920
The (1) Kate and (2) Kwrite applications in KDE KDE 3.2.x through 3.4.0 do not properly set the same permissions on the backup file as…
High7.5EPSS 3.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The (1) Kate and (2) Kwrite applications in KDE KDE 3.2.x through 3.4.0 do not properly set the same permissions on the backup file as were set on the original file, which could allow local users and possibly remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 48 days later
· 48 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- SUSE-SR:2005:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 14297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9434 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1014512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FLSA:178606 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20050718 [KDE Security Advisory]: Kate backup file permission leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 16099 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23099 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:612 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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