01 Record
CVE-2001-0178
kdesu program in KDE2 (KDE before 2.2.0-6) does not properly verify the owner of a UNIX socket that is used to send a password, which allows local users to steal passwords and gain privileges.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
kdesu program in KDE2 (KDE before 2.2.0-6) does not properly verify the owner of a UNIX socket that is used to send a password, which allows local users to steal passwords and gain privileges.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-05-07 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-03-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b369b5fc073b0d9b6996c05ec480e236a55d177f2024c7a839b9e772dd1ce072
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.novell.comSuSE-SA:2001:02http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_002_kdesu_txt.html
- www.calderasystems.comCSSA-2001-005.0http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-005.0.txt
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2001:018http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-018.php3?dis=7.2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkde2-kdesu-retrieve-passwords(5995)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5995