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CVE-2003-0690

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/10/2003
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier does not verify whether the pam_setcred function call succeeds, which may allow attackers to gain root privileges by triggering error conditions within PAM modules, as demonstrated in certain configurations of the MIT pam_krb5 module.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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