CVE-2004-1491

Summary

CVECVE-2004-1491
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOpera 7.54 and earlier uses kfmclient exec to handle unknown MIME types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a shortcut or launcher that contains an Exec entry.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.3 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser All All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 1.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.4.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.1 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.3 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.1 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Zone-H.org * Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zone-h.org Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Opera Web Browser KDE KFMCLIENT Remote Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changelog for Opera 7.54u2 for Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Opera Default Application "kfmclient exec" Security Issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Object not found! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.suse.com Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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