CVE-2010-0436

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

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.

Affected products

Kde Sc: 2.2.0, 3.5.10, 4.1.2, 4.2.2, 4.3.0, 4.3.1 (+5)

References

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
http://secunia.com/advisories/39481
http://secunia.com/advisories/39506
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613

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