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CVE-2002-1393

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-01-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in KDE 2 and KDE 3.x through 3.0.5 do not quote certain parameters that are inserted into a shell command, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) URLs, (2) filenames, or (3) e-mail addresses.

Affected products

• Kde: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2 (+9)

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000569
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104049734911544&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104066520330397&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/8067
• http://secunia.com/advisories/8103
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-234
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-235
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-236
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-237
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-238
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-239
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-240

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