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CVE-2010-1000

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1000 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in KGet, a download manager within KDE SC versions 4.0.0 through 4.4.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on a user's system by embedding directory traversal sequences in the name attribute of a file element within a specially crafted metalink file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8, indicating a medium severity due to its network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0385 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1000Important

kdenetwork: improper sanitization of metalink attribute for downloading files

May 13, 2010

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051692.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058580.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
marc.info
osvdb.org / 64690
secunia.com / advisories/39528
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/39787
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42423
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2010-69
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/58628
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20100513-1.txt
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/511281/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/511294/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/40141
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-938-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1142
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1144
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3096
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/1101