CVE-2001-0610 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting kfm in KDE 1.x, including specific SuSE Linux distributions. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symlink in the kfm cache directory within /tmp, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 89/100, this vulnerability is considered moderately severe due to its local attack vector and low complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and there is significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.xCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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