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CVE-2003-0204

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Description

KDE 2 and KDE 3.1.1 and earlier 3.x versions allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) PostScript (PS) or (2) PDF files, related to missing -dPARANOIDSAFER and -dSAFER arguments when using the kghostview Ghostscript viewer.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2003-0199

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-002.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:049

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030409-1.txt

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-296

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-293

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-284

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105034222521369&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105017403010459&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105012994719099&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105001557020141&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000668

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56808

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53343

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-05-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01674

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