CVE-2003-0690

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Kde: 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2, 2.0, 2.0.1 (+21)

References

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/suse/security/2002/12/msg00101.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374551513499&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:091
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-270.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-286.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-287.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-288.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-289.html

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