CVE-2003-0704
N/A
Published: September 12, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKismac
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
KisMAC before 0.05d trusts user-supplied variables when chown'ing files or directories, which allows local users to gain privileges via the $DRIVER_KEXT environment variable in (1) viha_driver.sh, (2) macjack_load.sh, (3) airojack_load.sh, (4) setuid_enable.sh, (5) setuid_disable.sh, and using a "similar technique" for (6) viha_prep.sh and (7) viha_unprep.sh.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKEPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a082203-1.txtVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8497VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13006VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13009VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13010Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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