7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2003-0692

Published: 06/10/2003 Updated: 11/10/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and previous versions uses a weak session cookie generation algorithm that does not provide 128 bits of entropy, which allows malicious users to guess session cookies via brute force methods and gain access to the user session.

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Vendor Advisories

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in kdebase: CAN-2003-0690: KDM in KDE 313 and earlier does not verify whether the pam_setcred function call succeeds, which may allow attackers to gain root privileges by triggering error conditions within PAM modules, as demonstrated in certain configurations of the MIT pam_krb5 module CAN-2003-0692: ...