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CVE-2008-1671
start_kdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.63%
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- redhat
Description
start_kdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via "user-influenceable input" (probably command-line arguments) that cause start_kdeinit to send SIGUSR1 signals to other processes.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 50% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- 30113 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1019924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 29977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-608-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29951 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1370 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28938 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- kde-startkdeinit-privilege-escalation(42039) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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