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CVE-2007-4569
backend/session.c in KDM in KDE 3.3.0 through 3.5.7, when autologin is configured and "shutdown with password" is enabled, allows remote…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
backend/session.c in KDM in KDE 3.3.0 through 3.5.7, when autologin is configured and "shutdown with password" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement and login to arbitrary accounts via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 24 days later
· 24 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% 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: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (25)
- 27271 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200710-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 26904 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26894 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-2361 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1376 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-716 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0905 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 27180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26915 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070919-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3227 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27106 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10359 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 26929 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 27089 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:190 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1018724 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- kde-kdm-login-security-bypass(36711) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-517-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 25730 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1725 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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