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CVE-2003-0690 (GCVE-0-2003-0690)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-09-18 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:05
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Summary
KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier does not verify whether the pam_setcred function call succeeds, which may allow attackers to gain root privileges by triggering error conditions within PAM modules, as demonstrated in certain configurations of the MIT pam_krb5 module.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2003-09-16 00:00
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