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CVE-2002-1281
Unknown vulnerability in the rlogin KIO subsystem (rlogin.protocol) of KDE 2.x 2.1 and later, and KDE 3.x 3.0.4 and earlier, allows local…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Unknown vulnerability in the rlogin KIO subsystem (rlogin.protocol) of KDE 2.x 2.1 and later, and KDE 3.x 3.0.4 and earlier, allows local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain URL.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- kde-rlogin-command-execution(10602) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20021114 GLSA: kdelibs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8298 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021111-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20021112 KDE Security Advisory: rlogin.protocol and telnet.protocol URL KIO Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-204 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 6182 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2002-1265 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2002-1281)Record last updated .