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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 1998· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0781

CVE-1999-0781

Description

KDE allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by setting the KDEDIR environmental variable to modify the search path that KDE uses to locate its executables.

Affected products

3
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • KDE/Kde
    cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Linux/Kernel
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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