CVE-2000-0393 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the KDE kscd program, affecting KDE versions 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2, and 2.0. The flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by manipulating the SHELL environmental variable, as kscd fails to drop privileges when executing a user-specified program. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-19915) exists, though there is no evidence of significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.