Vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux

CVE-2001-0496

kdesu in kdelibs package creates world readable temporary files containing authentication info, which can allow local users to gain privileges.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Mandrakesoft Mandrake_linux — versions 2007
Redhat Linux — versions 7.1
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, Vendor Advisory)