KDE K-Mail allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in temporary user directories.
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
KDE K-Mail allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in temporary user directories.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00718 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-0735
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6q2m-wvf7-77h8
References
Advisory 1
More KDE K-mail vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-01228 KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2000-00481 Buffer overflow in KDE Kmail allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2002-00331 Kmail 1.2 on KDE 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2006-06880 Kmail 1.9.1 on KDE 3.5.2, with "Prefer HTML to Plain Text" enabled, allows remote… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6
Sources
- CVE-1999-0735 · CVE Program
- CVE-1999-0735 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6q2m-wvf7-77h8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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