CVE-2003-1167 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in KPopup 0.9.1, specifically within its misc.cpp component. The software insecurely trusts the PATH environment variable when executing the "killall" command, allowing a local attacker to inject a malicious "killall" program and gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, and is easily exploitable with low attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog or experiencing active exploitation, public exploit code exists, and the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gernot_stocker:kpopup:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.5_pre2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gernot_stocker:kpopup:0.9.5_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.