CVE-2003-0592

Published: Mar 16, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Konqueror in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier (kdelibs) allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, which causes Konqueror to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets, e.g. to a vulnerable application that runs on the same server as the target application.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

kde

oss-project·DEaka kde community

konquerorOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

konqueror embeddedOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / file-utility

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

oss-projectaka fsf

Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-March/018475.html

lists.grok.org.uk

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q1/0056.html

archives.neohapsis.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-459

debian.org

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