CVE-2003-1167

published 2003-12-31

CVE-2003-1167: misc.cpp in KPopup 0.9.1 trusts the PATH variable when executing killall, which allows local users to elevate their privileges by modifying the PATH variable…

Priority P4 20 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

misc.cpp in KPopup 0.9.1 trusts the PATH variable when executing killall, which allows local users to elevate their privileges by modifying the PATH variable to reference a malicious killall program.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
gernot_stocker	kpopup	—	—
gernot_stocker	kpopup	—	—

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