PT-1998-1103 · Kde · Kde

Published 1998-11-18 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-0781

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KDE (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by setting the KDEDIR environmental variable, which modifies the search path used by KDE to locate its executables.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0781

Affected Products

Kde

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0781 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91141486301691&w=2 · Note