CVE-2008-1671
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.6)—
start_kdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via "user-influenceable input" (probably command-line arguments) that cause start_kdeinit to send SIGUSR1 signals to other processes.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 4.6
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.63%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 48
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-16
Referencias
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29951
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30113
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29951
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30113
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039
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