CVE-2006-6085

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2006-6085 · Published 24/11/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-6085 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting kile (kile).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 70.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kile kile	`≤ 1.9.2`	No fix yet

Description

Kile before 1.9.3 does not assign a backup file the same permissions as the original file, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/23035 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/23099
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/21200
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4615
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30414

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