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.
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 20% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-362
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- kde:kde_sc
References
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39419