CVE-2010-0923

N/A Unknown
Published: March 03, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Race condition in workspace/krunner/lock/lockdlg.cc in the KRunner lock module in kdebase in KDE SC 4.4.0 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass KScreenSaver screen locking and access an unattended workstation by pressing the Enter key at a certain time, related to multiple forked processes.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=226449
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126598163422670&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126599909614401&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126600468622421&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/38600
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023641
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://websvn.kde.org/?revision=1089213&view=revision
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=1089241
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/krunner/lock/lockdlg.cc?r1=1089213&r2=1089212&pathrev=1089213
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100217-1.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/17/3
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0409
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217882
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579280
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=226449
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126598163422670&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126599909614401&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126600468622421&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/38600
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023641
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://websvn.kde.org/?revision=1089213&view=revision
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=1089241
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/krunner/lock/lockdlg.cc?r1=1089213&r2=1089212&pathrev=1089213
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100217-1.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/17/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0409
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217882
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579280
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
12th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

Affected Vendors

kde

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