HIGH
The KDE kscd program does not drop privileges when executing a program specified in a user's SHELL environmental variable, which allows the user to gain privileges by specifying an alternate program to execute
Published Jul 12, 2000
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.81%
Description
The KDE kscd program does not drop privileges when executing a program specified in a user's SHELL environmental variable, which allows the user to gain privileges by specifying an alternate program to execute.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.81% 0.00811
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00811
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.81% (0.00811) | 55.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.82% (0.00818) | 52.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 1.47% (0.01469) | 80.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 52.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 23.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 20.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 18.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 25.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 78.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 76.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 55.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 12, 2000
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jun 14, 2000
Link CVE-2000-0393
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a