CVE-2000-0393

High

Description

The KDE kscd program does not drop privileges when executing a program specified in a user's SHELL environmental variable, which allows the user to gain privileges by specifying an alternate program to execute.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductKde
PublishedMay 16, 2000
First seenMay 16, 2000

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
kde kde1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2, 2.0_beta—

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