CVE-2003-0690

KDE Security Advisory 2003-09-16.1

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

KDM en KDE 3.1.3 y anteriores no verifica si la llamada a la función pam_setcred tiene éxito, lo que podría permitir a atacantes ganar privilegios de root disparando condiciones de error en módulo PAM, como se demostró en ciertas configuraciones del módulo pam_krb5 del MIT.

KDE Security Advisory: KDE version 3.1.3 and below has multiple vulnerabilities in KDM. KDM fails to check for successful completion of the pam_setcred() call which may leave a user with root access. It also has a weak cookie generation algorithm that allows easy brute forcing of session cookies.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2003-08-14 CVE Reserved
2003-09-18 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-05-23 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/suse/security/2002/12/msg00101.html	X_refsource_misc
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374551513499&w=2	Mailing List
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A193	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-270.html	2017-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747	2017-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388	2017-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443	2017-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:091	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-286.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-287.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-288.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-289.html	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0690	2003-11-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617067	2003-11-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				1.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "1.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				1.1.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "1.1.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				1.1.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "1.1.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				1.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "1.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				2.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				2.0.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "2.0.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				2.0_beta Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "2.0_beta"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				2.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "2.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				2.1.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "2.1.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				2.1.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "2.1.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				2.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "2.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				2.2.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "2.2.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				2.2.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "2.2.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.3 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.3"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.3a Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.3a"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.4 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.4"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.5 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.5"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.5a Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.5a"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.0.5b Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.0.5b"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.1.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.1.1a Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1.1a"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.1.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde"				3.1.3 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde" and version "3.1.3"		-		Affected