Vulnerability CVE-2010-1511
Published: 2010-05-17   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
KGet 2.4.2 in KDE SC 4.0.0 through 4.4.3 does not properly request download confirmation from the user, which makes it easier for remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted metalink file.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
KDE KGet Insecure File Operation Vulnerability
Secunia Research
24.05.2010

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
KDE -> Kde sc 
KDE -> KGET 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051692.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127378789518426&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023984
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100513-1.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511279/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511294/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40141
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-938-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1142
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1144
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3096
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58629
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