CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0393

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.82%

52th percentile - higher than 52% of all known CVEs

Summary

The KDE kscd program does not drop privileges when executing a program specified in a user's SHELL environmental variable, allowing the user to gain privileges by specifying an alternate program to execute.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to privilege escalation and security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict users' ability to modify the SHELL variable and review the permissions of programs executed by kscd.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS