CVE-2000-0393 – KDE 1.1/1.1.1/1.2/2.0 kscd - SHELL Environmental Variable

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2000-0393

The KDE kscd program does not drop privileges when executing a program specified in a user's SHELL environmental variable, which allows the user to gain privileges by specifying an alternate program to execute. • https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19915 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0172.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_50.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1206 •