CVE-1999-0781

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

KDE allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by setting the KDEDIR environmental variable to modify the search path that KDE uses to locate its executables.

KDE allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by setting the KDEDIR environmental variable to modify the search path that KDE uses to locate its executables.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 26 years ago

1998-11-18 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 01:59:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.20.1

2.6.20.1

References

19981118 Multiple KDE security vulnerabilities (root compromise)

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