CVE-1999-0780

KDE klock - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

KDE klock allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an arbitrary PID in the .kss.pid file.

References (1)

Scores

EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.9%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

freebsd/freebsd
kde/kde
linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Nov 18, 1998
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026