KDE Konqueror up to 3.1.2 Cookie privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in KDE Konqueror up to 3.1.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Cookie Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2003-0592. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in KDE Konqueror up to 3.1.2 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Konqueror in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier (kdelibs) allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, which causes Konqueror to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets, e.g. to a vulnerable application that runs on the same server as the target application.

The bug was discovered . The weakness was presented 04/15/2004 with Corsaire (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0592. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12487 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14121 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdelibs (MDKSA-2004:022)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115386 (KDE Konqueror Cookie Domain Validation Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15424), Tenable (14121), SecurityFocus (BID 9841†), OSVDB (4188†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-12530†). See VDB-555, VDB-21747, VDB-21749 and VDB-21750 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 14121
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdelibs (MDKSA-2004:022)
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OpenVAS ID: 53157
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 459-1 (kdelibs, kdelibs-crypto)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kde.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Corsaire
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0592 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0592
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21748

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X-Force: 15424
SecurityFocus: 9841 - Multiple Vendor Internet Browser Cookie Path Argument Restriction Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: 4188 - RHSA-2004-074 update not installed
Vulnerability Center: 12530 - Konqueror in KDE Before 3.1.3 Remote Bypass of Cookie Access Restrictions, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2014 18:06
Updated: 08/12/2025 03:26
Changes: 10/15/2014 18:06 (69), 06/24/2019 11:22 (8), 08/12/2025 03:26 (20)
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