kdelibs: multiple vulnerabilities in start_kdeinit
Published Apr 28, 2008
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.63%
Description
start_kdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via "user-influenceable input" (probably command-line arguments) that cause start_kdeinit to send SIGUSR1 signals to other processes.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of KDE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 0.63% (0.00626) | 48.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.63% (0.00626) | 45.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 29.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29951 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29977 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30113 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1671 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443768 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1671
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1671
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