FKIE_CVE-2004-0689
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-09-28 04:00 - Updated: 2026-04-16 00:27
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| kde | kde | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 |
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