CVE-2010-0436

kdm privilege escalation flaw

Severity Score

6.9

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Condición de carrera en backend/ctrl.c en KDM en KDE Software Compilation (SC) v2.2.0 hasta v4.4.2 permite a usuarios locales cambiar de ficheros a su elección, y consecuentemente obtener privelegios, bloqueando el borrado de varios directorios que contienen sockets de control, relacionado con la interacción inadecuada con ksm.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-01-27 CVE Reserved
2010-04-15 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/39481	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39506	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff	2017-09-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879	2017-09-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html	2017-09-19
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html	2017-09-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/39419	2017-09-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037	2017-09-19
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt	2017-09-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613	2010-04-14
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0436	2010-04-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				2.2.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "2.2.0"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				3.5.10 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "3.5.10"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				4.1.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "4.1.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				4.2.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "4.2.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				4.3.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "4.3.0"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				4.3.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "4.3.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				4.3.4 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "4.3.4"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				4.3.5 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "4.3.5"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				4.4.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "4.4.0"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				4.4.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "4.4.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Sc Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc"				4.4.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde Sc" and version "4.4.2"		-		Affected