CVE-2010-1000

Directory traversal vulnerability in KGet in KDE SC 4.0.0 through 4.4.3 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file.

Published: 2010-05-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1000 is rated Moderate Risk (53.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.85%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1000

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.88% 3.85% -1.03%
2 2026-06-08 2.37% 4.88% +2.51%
3 2026-01-11 2.37%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1000

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1000

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-1000

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2010-1000: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-08), 27 atom(s) (app-antivirus/bitdefender-console, app-arch/gzip, …); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-1000
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1000
ubuntu high CVE-2010-1000 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kdenetwork), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 4, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1000

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-1000

Solution: Per: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100513-1.txt 'Patches have been committed to the KDE Subversion repository in the following revision numbers: 4.3 branch: r1126227 4.4 branch: r1124974 Trunk: r1124976'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1000

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.80 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.85 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.96 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1000

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051692.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058580.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127378789518426&w=2
http://osvdb.org/64690
http://secunia.com/advisories/39528 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39787 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42423 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-69/ Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023984
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100513-1.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:098
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511281/100/0/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 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1144 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3096 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1101
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58628
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