CVE-2000-0393

KDE kscd - Privilege Escalation via SHELL Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0393. PoCs published by Sebastian.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a vulnerability in kscd (KDE CD player) shipped with some Linux distributions (e.g., S.u.S.E. 6.4) where the 'SHELL' environment variable is used to execute a browser, allowing an attacker to obtain a sgid 'disk' shell and potentially escalate privileges to root by modifying disk attributes.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Sebastian · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19915

The exploit describes a vulnerability in kscd (KDE CD player) shipped with some Linux distributions (e.g., S.u.S.E. 6.4) where the 'SHELL' environment variable is used to execute a browser, allowing an attacker to obtain a sgid 'disk' shell and potentially escalate privileges to root by modifying disk attributes.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: kscd (KDE CD player) on S.u.S.E. 6.4 and possibly other distributions
No auth needed
Prerequisites: kscd installed with sgid 'disk' privileges · Access to the 'SHELL' environment variable
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0082
EPSS Percentile 52.5%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
kde/kde 1.1
kde/kde 1.1.1
kde/kde 1.2
kde/kde 2.0_beta
Published May 16, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026