CVE-2000-0393

N/A Unknown

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

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.7%

73th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

kde