Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2004-1491
Opera 7.54 and earlier uses kfmclient exec to handle unknown MIME types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a shortcut or launcher that contains an Exec entry.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.126 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.126 · newest: 0.126 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux
- KDE — versions 3.2.3
- Opera Browser
- SUSE Linux — versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
References
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Mar/0007.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11901 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18457 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.zone-h.org/advisories/read/id=6503 (Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/13447/ (Patch, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/ (Broken Link)