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CVE-2003-0592

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0592 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Konqueror (KDE 3.1.3 and earlier), allowing remote attackers to bypass cookie access restrictions. By using encoded dot-dot sequences in a URL, Konqueror could be tricked into sending cookies to unintended applications on the same server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with network-based attacks, low complexity, and potential for partial 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 CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0441 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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 (6)

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 Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
View patch
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-2003-0592Important

security flaw

Mar 10, 2004

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2004-q1/0056.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-March/018475.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A823
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-459
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-074.html
PatchVendor Advisory