CVE-2000-0393

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.

Severity

Overall Severity: N/A

CVSS Metrics

Type	Score	Severity	Vector

Affected Products

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206