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Published: 31/12/2003 Updated: 11/07/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 725

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/8915/info It has been alleged that it is possible for local attackers to gain root privileges through kpopup, which is is installed setuid root by default According to the report, kpopup uses the system(3) C-library function insecurely to run other utilities on the system In at least one instance, system( ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342736 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8915 http://www.osvdb.org/2742 http://secunia.com/advisories/10105 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13540 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23308/

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