Vulnerability in Kismac

CVE-2003-0704

KisMAC before 0.05d trusts user-supplied variables when chown'ing files or directories, which allows local users to gain privileges via the $DRIVER_KEXT environment variable in (1) viha_driver.sh, (2) macjack_load.sh, (3) airojack_load.sh, (4) setuid_enable.sh, (5) setuid_disable.sh, and using a "similar technique" for (6) viha_prep.sh and (7) viha_unprep.sh.

EPSS: 0.003 (27.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Kismac — versions 0.05d
N/a — versions n/a

References

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