Remote Code Execution via URI Handlers in Konqueror

CVE-2004-0411 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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