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CVE-2003-0690

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 3.10%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2003-10-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2003-0690
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
3.10%

Original NVD Description

KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier does not verify whether the pam_setcred function call succeeds, which may allow attackers to gain root privileges by triggering error conditions within PAM modules, as demonstrated in certain configurations of the MIT pam_krb5 module.