CVE-2002-1393

Summary

CVECVE-2002-1393
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-01-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple vulnerabilities in KDE 2 and KDE 3.x through 3.0.5 do not quote certain parameters that are inserted into a shell command, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) URLs, (2) filenames, or (3) e-mail addresses.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Kde Kde 2.0 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.1.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.1.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.3a All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.4 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
KDE Parameter Quoting Shell Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-238-1 kdepim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-242-1 kdebase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-241-1 kdeutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-234-1 kdeadmin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-237-1 kdenetwork af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Conectiva updates for KDE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'GLSA: kde-3.0.x' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-240-1 kdegames af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-243-1 kdemultimedia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021220-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-239-1 kdesdk af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - RedHat updates for KDE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'KDE Security Advisory: Multiple vulnerabilities in KDE' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-236-1 kdelibs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-235-1 kdegraphics af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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