CVE-2004-0411
The 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)…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 7.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 34 days later
· 34 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 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)
- 7.8% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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
17
- RHSA-2004:222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2003:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040517-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- kde-url-handler-gain-access(16163) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-121 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20040513 Opera Telnet URI Handler Vulnerability also applies to other browsers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-518 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 6107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20040517 KDE Security Advisory: URI Handler Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11602 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- CLA-2004:843 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- SSA:2004-238 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- GLSA-200405-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:954 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 10358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- O-146 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_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-2004-0411 (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-2004-0411)Record last updated .