CVE-2003-0704

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2003-09-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Kismac: 0.05d

References

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a082203-1.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13006
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13010
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a082203-1.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13006
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13010

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