CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1165

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in Konqueror 3.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary FTP commands via a crafted ftp:// URL containing a URL-encoded newline (%0a) before the FTP command, causing command injection into the FTP session, as demonstrated with a PORT command.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can hijack the victim's FTP session, potentially gaining access to files or performing unauthorized operations on the FTP server.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Konqueror to a version where this vulnerability is fixed, or apply temporary mitigations blocking URLs with encoded newline characters.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Konqueror 3.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary FTP commands via an ftp:// URL that contains a URL-encoded newline ("%0a") before the FTP command, which causes the commands to be inserted into the resulting FTP session, as demonstrated using a PORT command.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS