Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2003-0690 First vendor Publication 2003-10-06
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0690

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:193
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:193
Title: KDM pam_setcred Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-0690
Version: 2
Platform(s): Red Hat Linux 9
Product(s): KDM
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 27

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200311-01 (kdebase)
File : nvt/glsa_200311_01.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 388-1 (kdebase)
File : nvt/deb_388_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 443-1 (xfree86)
File : nvt/deb_443_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
4773 KDE KDM pam_setcred() Function Error Condition Privilege Escalation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-388.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-443.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-091.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2003-270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2003-289.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BUGTRAQ http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374551513499&w=2
CONECTIVA http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747
CONFIRM http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443
MANDRAKE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:091
MISC http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/suse/security/2002/12/msg00101.html
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-270.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-286.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-287.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-288.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-289.html

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