CVE-2010-0436

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0436
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-04-15 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kde Sc 2.2.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 3.5.10 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.2 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.2.2 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.1 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.4 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.5 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.1 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Vendor Advisory
KDE KDM Insecure File Permission Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2037-1 kdm (kdebase) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-043... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.kde.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: kdebase-workspace-4.4.2-5.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Ubuntu update for kdebase-workspace - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for kdebase - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for kdm - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
570613 – (CVE-2010-0436) CVE-2010-0436 kdm privilege escalation flaw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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