| ID |
CVE-2008-1671
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| Summary |
start_kdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via "user-influenceable input" (probably command-line arguments) that cause start_kdeinit to send SIGUSR1 signals to other processes. |
| References |
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| Vulnerable Configurations |
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cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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| CVSS |
| Base: | 4.6 (as of 08-08-2017 - 01:30) |
| Impact: | |
| Exploitability: | |
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| CWE |
CWE-16 |
| CAPEC |
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| Access |
| Vector | Complexity | Authentication |
| LOCAL |
LOW |
NONE |
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| Impact |
| Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
| PARTIAL |
PARTIAL |
PARTIAL |
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| cvss-vector
via4
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AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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| refmap
via4
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| bid | 28938 | | confirm | | | gentoo | GLSA-200804-30 | | mandriva | MDVSA-2008:097 | | sectrack | 1019924 | | secunia | | | suse | SUSE-SR:2008:011 | | ubuntu | USN-608-1 | | vupen | ADV-2008-1370 | | xf | kde-startkdeinit-privilege-escalation(42039) |
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| statements
via4
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| contributor | Joshua Bressers | | lastmodified | 2008-05-01 | | organization | Red Hat | | statement | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of KDE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. |
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| Last major update |
08-08-2017 - 01:30 |
| Published |
28-04-2008 - 17:05 |
| Last modified |
08-08-2017 - 01:30 |
