CVE-2000-0393 | KDE 1.1/1.1.1/1.2/2.0 Beta kscd SHELL privileges management (EDB-19915 / BID-1206)
A vulnerability was found in KDE 1.1/1.1.1/1.2/2.0 Beta. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file kscd. The manipulation of the argument SHELL as part of Environment Variable leads to improper privilege management.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0393. The attack needs to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.