6.8

CVE-2007-4569: kde

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDSA-1376-1DTSA-60-1
Published 21-09-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-4569 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in kde. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.01%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2007:0905

Timeline

  1. 21-09-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.01% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.01%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • kdebase< 4:3.5.7-3lenny1 | < 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-6etch1
Kde1 product
  • kde3.3 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.4 | 3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.4.3 | 3.5 | 3.5.0 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5 | 3.5.6 | 3.5.7

2 vendors · 2 products

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