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CVE-2003-1170

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2006-02-07 kpopup -- local root exploit and local denial of service

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2003-1170
Phase Assigned(20050504)

Description

Format string vulnerability in main.cpp in kpopup 0.9.1 and 0.9.5pre2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in command line arguments.

References

Source Reference
BUGTRAQ 20031028 Local root vuln in kpopup
BID 8918
OSVDB 3290
SECUNIA 10105