CVE-2003-0690 describes a critical vulnerability in KDM (KDE Display Manager) versions 3.1.3 and earlier, where it fails to properly validate the success of the pam_setcred function call. This oversight allows attackers to potentially gain root privileges by triggering specific error conditions within PAM modules, exemplified by certain configurations of the MIT pam_krb5 module. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-exploitable attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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