VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2000-0393

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.81%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-05-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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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