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CVE-2002-1393

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1393 describes multiple vulnerabilities in KDE 2 and KDE 3.x through 3.0.5, where the software fails to properly quote parameters in shell commands. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating URLs, filenames, or email addresses. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0367 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1393Important

security flaw

Dec 20, 2002

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/8067
secunia.com / advisories/8103
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-234
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-235
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-236
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-237
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-238
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-239
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-240
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-241
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-242
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-243
PatchVendor Advisory
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20021220-1.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-002.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-003.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6462