CVE-2004-0411

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0411
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-07-07 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe URI handlers in Konqueror for KDE 3.2.2 and earlier do not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a (1) telnet, (2) rlogin, (3) ssh, or (4) mailto URI, which allows remote attackers to manipulate the options that are passed to the associated programs, possibly to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.

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: CWE-88 | 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
Application Kde Konqueror All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link, Tool Signature
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040517-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.org Broken Link
'KDE Security Advisory: URI Handler Vulnerabilities' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Multiple Browsers Telnet URI Handler File Manipulation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
O-146: kdelibs Package Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org Broken Link
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- KDE URI Handler Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/6107 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
KDE Multiple URI Handler Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-518-1 kdelibs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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