Vulnerability in Caldera Openlinux Edesktop
CVE-2001-0178
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Caldera Openlinux Edesktop — versions 2.4
- Conectiva Linux — versions 6.0
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux — versions 6.1, 7.0, 7.1
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server — versions 1.0.1
- SUSE Linux — versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
References
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_002_kdesu_txt.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-005.0.txt (Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-018.php3 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5995 (vdb-entry)