CVEvulnerability
CVE-2003-1167
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2003-12-31
- 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
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 configurations
• gernot stocker kpopup 0.9.1
• gernot stocker kpopup 0.9.5 pre2
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10105 Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/2742 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342736 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8915 Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13540 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10105 Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/2742 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342736 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8915 Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13540 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com