CVE-2010-0436
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (20th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0467)
- Published
- April 15, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0467 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
- kde / kde sc
References
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff(Patch)
- 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(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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