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CVE-2001-1197

klprfax_filter in KDE2 KDEUtils allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink...

4.6 Medium

klprfax_filter in KDE2 KDEUtils allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the klprfax.filter temporary file.

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

klprfax_filter in KDE2 KDEUtils allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the klprfax.filter temporary file.

Record
CVE-2001-1197
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

klprfax_filter in KDE2 KDEUtils allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the klprfax.filter temporary file.

Record
CVE-2001-1197
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-1178 No score

klprfax_filter in KDE2 KDEUtils allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the klprfax.filter temporary file.

Record
EUVD-2001-1178
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-92q7-8j43-f354 No score

klprfax_filter in KDE2 KDEUtils allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink...

klprfax_filter in KDE2 KDEUtils allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the klprfax.filter temporary file.

Record
GHSA-92q7-8j43-f354
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2001-1197 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Kde Kdeutils, published December 14, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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