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    CVE-2010-0436

    Race condition in backend/ctrl.c in KDM in KDE Software Compilation (SC) 2.2.0 through 4.4.2 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files, and consequently gain privileges, by blocking the removal of a certain directory that contains a control socket, related to improper interaction with ksm.

    Published:Apr 13, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Apr 15, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.00026
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Kde Sc
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    CVE-2011-1168 (CVSS 4.3) — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the KHTMLPart::htmlError function in khtml/khtml_part.cpp in Konqu…
    CVE-2010-2575 (CVSS 6.8) — Heap-based buffer overflow in the RLE decompression functionality in the TranscribePalmImageToJPEG function in…
    CVE-2010-1511 (CVSS 6.4) — KGet 2.4.2 in KDE SC 4.0.0 through 4.4.3 does not properly request download confirmation from the user, which …
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    References

    ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39419
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39481
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39506
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999
    ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39419
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39481
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39506
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High