CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-0436

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2010-04-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-04-15
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
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 configurations

• 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 • kde kde sc 4.4.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References