Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0512

Title: KDE startkde LD_LIBRARY_PATH privilege escalation

Privilege escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0512.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 12, 2002

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.16%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0512: startkde in KDE for Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 through 3.1.1 sets the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to include the current working directory, which could allow local users to gain privileges of other users running startkde via Trojan horse libraries.

Impacted Vendors

caldera 2

Reference Links

http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-005.0.txt http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8737.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4400 http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-005.0.txt http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8737.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4400

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0512 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 12, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.