CVE-2000-0393

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-05-16 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0393, 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

The KDE kscd program does not drop privileges when executing a program specified in a user's SHELL environmental variable, which allows the user to gain privileges by specifying an alternate program to execute.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0393

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