01 Record
CVE-2008-1671
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
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
- 0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 49.8% 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
- 2008-04-28 17:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-03
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8a28a9018efee62ba2390a7921c63d4fd7338868dcaa8c9ab04fca32a575a805
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com30113http://secunia.com/advisories/30113
- ftp.kde.orgftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-30http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:011http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- www.securitytracker.com1019924http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924
- secunia.com29977http://secunia.com/advisories/29977
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-608-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1
- secunia.com29951http://secunia.com/advisories/29951
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1370http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references
- www.securityfocus.com28938http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938
- www.kde.orghttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:097http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkde-startkdeinit-privilege-escalation(42039)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039