VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-3742
The KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5 causes KDM passwords to be cached, which allows attackers to login without a password by attempting to log in multiple times.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 1.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5 causes KDM passwords to be cached, which allows attackers to login without a password by attempting to log in multiple times.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- kde/kdebase
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.