CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2003-1167

Published: Dec 31, 2003 | Modified: Jul 11, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

misc.cpp in KPopup 0.9.1 trusts the PATH variable when executing killall, which allows local users to elevate their privileges by modifying the PATH variable to reference a malicious killall program.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Kpopup Gernot_stocker 0.9.1 (including) 0.9.1 (including)
Kpopup Gernot_stocker 0.9.5_pre2 (including) 0.9.5_pre2 (including)

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