CVE-1999-0781

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1998-11-18 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0781, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

KDE allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by setting the KDEDIR environmental variable to modify the search path that KDE uses to locate its executables.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0781

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C