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KDM pam_setcred Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:193
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.
Family:
unix
Status:
ACCEPTED
Platform(s):
- Red Hat Linux 9
Class:
vulnerability
Reference(s):
- CVE-2003-0690
Product(s):
- KDM