CVE-2000-0393

Published: May 16, 2000Modified: Apr 16, 2026

7.2

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Kde: Kde

Kde

1 product

Kde

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Kde Kde	Version 1.1.1
Kde Kde	Version 1.1
Kde Kde	Version 1.2
Kde Kde	Version 2.0_beta

References (6)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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