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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-10380

kwallet-pam in KDE KWallet before 5.12.6 allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-10380

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 May 2018, 12:29 UTC

kwallet-pam in KDE KWallet before 5.12.6 allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

osv:CVE-2018-10380
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10380",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-10380",
    "summary": "kwallet-pam in KDE KWallet before 5.12.6 allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-10380",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kde/plasma-workspace",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8b9e471fe578fe68a2118b1f5ce90ffe72dc11dc"
                }
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      },
                      {
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                      }
                    ],
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          "versions": [
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            "v5.5.4",
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            "v5.5.2",
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            "v5.5.0",
            "v5.4.95",
            "v5.3.95",
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            "v5.0.0",
            "v4.98.0",
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            "v4.96.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-10380.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:34.018591066Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4200",
        "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1090863",
        "https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/01d4143fda5bddb6dca37b23304dc239a5fb38b5",
        "https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/2134dec85ce19d6378d03cddfae9e5e464cb24c0",
        "https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/802f305d81f8771c4f4a8bd7fd0e368ffc6f9b3b",
        "https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/99abc7fde21f40cc6da5feb6ee766cc46fcca1f8",
        "https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20180503-1.txt"
      ],
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                  },
                  {
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                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "42.3"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "42.3"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-10380",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433424,
  "published_at": "2018-05-08T12:29:00.21+00:00"
}