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CVE-2010-1511

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-05-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

KGet 2.4.2 in KDE SC 4.0.0 through 4.4.3 does not properly request download confirmation from the user, which makes it easier for remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted metalink file.

Affected products

• Kde Sc: 2.2.0, 3.5.10, 4.0.0, 4.0.0-alpha1, 4.0.0-alpha2, 4.0.0-beta1 (+49)
• KDE Kget: 2.4.2

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051692.html
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127378789518426&w=2
• http://osvdb.org/64689
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39528
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39787
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-70/
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023984
• http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100513-1.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511279/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511294/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40141
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-938-1

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