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)
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.html
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
0.0147
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
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