KDE 1.0 klock denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in KDE 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component klock. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-1999-0780. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in KDE 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component klock. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

KDE klock allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an arbitrary PID in the .kss.pid file.

The weakness was presented 11/18/1998 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0780. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-14259, VDB-14260 and VDB-14261 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/18/1998 🔍
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06/19/2014 +5692 days 🔍
04/17/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0780 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0780
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14258
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 18:11
Updated: 04/17/2026 18:44
Changes: 06/19/2014 18:11 (42), 05/19/2018 09:59 (6), 04/17/2026 18:44 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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