CVE-1999-0781

Summary

CVE-1999-0781 is a vulnerability affecting the KDE desktop environment. This issue permits local users to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating the KDEDIR environmental variable. By altering the search path used by KDE to locate its executables, a malicious user can introduce and run malicious code, posing a significant security risk. This vulnerability was discovered in 1999 and has since been addressed in later versions of KDE. To mitigate this issue, system administrators should ensure that their KDE installations are updated to the latest version and that users are educated about the potential risks of modifying environmental variables.

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