CVE-2003-0204 describes a vulnerability in KDE 2 and KDE 3.1.1 and earlier 3.x versions, allowing arbitrary command execution through malicious PostScript or PDF files. This occurs due to missing security arguments (-dPARANOIDSAFER and -dSAFER) when using the kghostview Ghostscript viewer. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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