Description (CNA)
The KDE kscd program does not drop privileges when executing a program specified in a user's SHELL environmental variable, which allows the user to gain privileges by specifying an alternate program to execute.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.