KDE Kommander Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

KDE Kommander Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA15060	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-04-22
Last Update:	2005-05-09
Popularity:	9,604 views

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

Software:	KDE 3.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-0754

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. Solution: Apply patches. Patch for KDE 3.4.0: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_pa...-3.4.0-kdewebdev-kommander-fixed.diff 80a64324816d321934feeb6638050e4f Patch for KDE 3.3.2: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_pa...-3.3.2-kdewebdev-kommander-fixed.diff 13a20ddfff937f77e74cdfad6436ba72 Provided and/or discovered by: Eckhart Wörner Changelog: 2005-05-09: Vendor issues updated patches. Original Advisory: KDE: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050420-1.txt http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050504-1.txt

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