PT-2001-1808 · Kde · Kde

Published 2001-07-27 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-0610

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: KDE versions 1.x

Description: A local attacker can gain additional privileges via a symlink attack in the kfm cache directory in /tmp. This issue is related to the kfm component included with KDE.

Recommendations: For KDE version 1.x, consider restricting access to the kfm cache directory in /tmp to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the kfm component until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0610

Affected Products

Kde

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20781 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0610 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0336.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6428 · Note