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KDE Kommander Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA15060
Release Date: 2005-04-22
Last Update: 2005-05-09
Popularity: 10,635 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:KDE 3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Eckhart Wörner has reported a vulnerability in KDE, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a design error in Kommander, as it executes data files containing scripts without user confirmation.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code on a user's system via a malicious kommander file.

The vulnerability affects Quanta 3.1.x and KDE versions 3.2 through 3.4.0.

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