CVE-2003-0704

HIGH 7.2CVE-2003-0704 · Published 17/09/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-0704 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting kismac (kismac).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.35%, higher than 28.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kismac kismac	`= 0.05d`	No fix yet

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.

References

atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a082203-1.txt · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/8497 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13006
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13009
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13010

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