CVE-2008-1671
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (50th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1672)
- Published
- April 28, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1672 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kde / kde
- kde / kde
- kde / kde
- kde / kde
- kde / kde
References
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff(Exploit)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29951(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30113
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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