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CVE-2004-0411

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2004-07-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Kde Konqueror

Weakness Type

CWE-88

References