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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

2010-04-15T17:30:00.477

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	kde	kde_sc	2.2.0	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	3.5.10	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	4.1.2	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	4.2.2	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	4.3.0	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	4.3.1	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	4.3.4	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	4.3.5	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	4.4.0	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	4.4.1	Yes
Application	kde	kde_sc	4.4.2	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39419 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39481 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39506 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037 ([email protected])
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999 ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39419 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39481 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39506 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)