Vulnerability CVE-2001-0178
Published: 2001-03-26   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
kdesu program in KDE2 (KDE before 2.2.0-6) does not properly verify the owner of a UNIX socket that is used to send a password, which allows local users to steal passwords and gain privileges.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
SUSE -> Suse linux 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux corporate server 
Conectiva -> Linux 
Caldera -> Openlinux edesktop 

 References:
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-005.0.txt
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-018.php3?dis=7.2
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_002_kdesu_txt.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5995
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