CVE-2001-0782

CVE-2001-0782 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting KDE ktvision versions 0.1.1-271 and earlier. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on a user configuration file, allowing them to gain root privileges on the system. This vulnerability is rated as High severity with a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in the KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-20961) exists on ExploitDB, though there is no associated Metasploit module or Nuclei template, and minimal community discussion.