CVE-2003-0690 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting unverified PAM credential setting failures in KDM, particularly with specific MIT Kerberos configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2003-0690?
CVE-2003-0690 is a critical vulnerability in Kde Kde, published on 18 Sep 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier does not verify whether the pam_setcred function call succeeds, which may allow attackers to gain root privileges by triggering error conditions within PAM modules, as demonstrated in certain configurations of the MIT pam_krb5 module.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0690?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kde Kde.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0690?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2003-0690 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0690 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Kde Kde
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r868-wrj2-9jfx.