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CVE-1999-0782

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

KDE kppp allows local users to create a directory in an arbitrary location via the HOME environmental variable.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 6.2-stable
• Kde: 1.0
• Linux kernel: 2.6.20.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91141486301691&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91141486301691&w=2

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