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CVE-2003-0690: kde

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 18-09-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0690 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in kde. EPSS estimates a 3.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-388DSA-443

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.10% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Kde1 product
  • kde1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0_beta | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.3a | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.5a | 3.0.5b | 3.1 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.1a | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3

1 vendor · 1 product

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