CVEvulnerability
CVE-2003-0703
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2003-09-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
KisMAC before 0.05d trusts user-supplied variables to load arbitrary kernels or kernel modules, which allows local users to gain privileges via the $DRIVER_KEXT environment variable as used in (1) viha_driver.sh, (2) macjack_load.sh, or (3) airojack_load.sh, or (4) via "similar techniques" using exchangeKernel.sh.
Affected configurations
• kismac kismac 0.05d
References
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a082203-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8497 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13007 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13008 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a082203-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8497 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13007 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13008 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com