CVE-2002-0512 — startkde in KDE for Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 through 3.1.1 sets the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to include the current working directory, which could allow local users to gain privileges of other users running startkde via Trojan horse libraries

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startkde in KDE for Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 through 3.1.1 sets the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to include the current working directory, which could allow local users to gain privileges of other users running startkde via Trojan horse libraries

Published Apr 2, 2003

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

startkde in KDE for Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 through 3.1.1 sets the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to include the current working directory, which could allow local users to gain privileges of other users running startkde via Trojan horse libraries.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00326

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00326

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.33% (0.00326)	23.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00326)	24.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00066)	17.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-005.0.txt
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8737.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4400
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-005.0.txt		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8737.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4400		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jun 7, 2002

Link CVE-2002-0512

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-0512

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-0512