CVE-2010-0923

KDE SC 4.4.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Race condition in workspace/krunner/lock/lockdlg.cc in the KRunner lock module in kdebase in KDE SC 4.4.0 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass KScreenSaver screen locking and access an unattended workstation by pressing the Enter key at a certain time, related to multiple forked processes.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=226449
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38600
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126600468622421&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126599909614401&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/17/3
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126598163422670&w=2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579280
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100217-1.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023641
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0409
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217882

Scores

EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (1)
kde/kde_sc 4.4.0
Published Mar 03, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026