01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 20.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-04-15 17:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:52Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b1ff8a389d30e043c47080ba582763e3d93db308a3f928ece18bce25d04df7c5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-2037http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkde-kdm-privilege-escalation(57823)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823
- secunia.com39481http://secunia.com/advisories/39481
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0348http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-6605http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613
- secunia.com39419http://secunia.com/advisories/39419
- ftp.kde.orgftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html
- www.kde.orghttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt
- secunia.com39506http://secunia.com/advisories/39506
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0879http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879
- www.securityfocus.com39467http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9999https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999