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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…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.28%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 80% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- DSA-2037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- kde-kdm-privilege-escalation(57823) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 39481 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-6605 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39419 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39506 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0879 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 39467 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9999 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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