Vulnerability in Kde

CVE-2002-0970

The SSL capability for Konqueror in KDE 3.0.2 and earlier does not verify the Basic Constraints for an intermediate CA-signed certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof the certificates of trusted sites via a man-in-the-middle attack.

EPSS: 0.028 (85.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Kde — versions 2.2.2, 3.0, 3.0.1
  • Kde Konqueror — versions 2.2.2, 3.0, 3.0.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-0970?
CVE-2002-0970 is a vulnerability in Kde. Published 2002-09-24.
Is CVE-2002-0970 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.