CVE-2001-0610 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges via symlink attacks in the KDE file manager cache directory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0610?
CVE-2001-0610 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Kde Kde, published on 27 Jul 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
kfm as included with KDE 1.x can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a symlink attack in the kfm cache directory in /tmp.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0610?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Kde Kde, Suse Suse Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0610?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0610 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2001-0610 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0610 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Kde Kde
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jxjg-6pwx-g6rw.