CVE-2010-1511

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.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1511 is rated Moderate Risk (53.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.32%). 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-2010-1511

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 5.70% 3.32% -2.37%
2 2026-01-11 6.64% 5.70% -0.94%
3 2025-03-30 6.64%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1511

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1511

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-1511

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2010-1511: 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-2010-1511
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1511
ubuntu low CVE-2010-1511 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kdenetwork), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): ignored 2, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1511

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1511

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde kget 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kget:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 3.5.10 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:3.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2010-1511

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051692.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127378789518426&w=2
http://osvdb.org/64689
http://secunia.com/advisories/39528 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39787 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-70/ Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023984
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100513-1.txt Vendor Advisory
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 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1144 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3096 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58629
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