High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 28, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0689
CVE-2004-0689
Description
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.
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References
8- secunia.com/advisories/12276/nvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16963nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvdBroken Link
- marc.infonvdMailing List
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9334nvdBroken Link
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