CVE-2003-0703: Kismac

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

KisMAC before 0.05d trusts user-supplied variables to load arbitrary kernels or kernel modules, which allows local users to gain privileges via the $DRIVER_KEXT environment variable as used in (1) viha_driver.sh, (2) macjack_load.sh, or (3) airojack_load.sh, or (4) via "similar techniques" using exchangeKernel.sh.

Affected products

• Kismac Kismac: version 0.05d only

Published 2003-09-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.