Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 16, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0393

Description

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 products

KDE/Kde4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.htmlnvd
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206nvd

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