CVE-2010-0436

KDE SC 2.2.0-4.4.2 - Local Privilege Escalation via KDM Control Socket Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39419
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39481
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39506
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999

Scores

EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (11)
kde/kde_sc 2.2.0
kde/kde_sc 3.5.10
kde/kde_sc 4.1.2
kde/kde_sc 4.2.2
kde/kde_sc 4.3.0
kde/kde_sc 4.3.1
kde/kde_sc 4.3.4
kde/kde_sc 4.3.5
kde/kde_sc 4.4.0
kde/kde_sc 4.4.1
... and 1 more
Published Apr 15, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026