Vulnerabilities > Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2006-06-15 CVE-2006-2916 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges vulnerability in KDE Arts 1.0/1.2
artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function call, which allows local users to gain root privileges by causing setuid to fail, which prevents artsd from dropping privileges.
local
low complexity
kde CWE-273
7.8