Security Advisory

CVE-2001-0178

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2001-05-07 04:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-08 04:14:06
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.