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CVE-2002-0970
The SSL capability for Konqueror in KDE 3.0.2 and earlier does not verify the Basic Constraints for an intermediate CA-signed certificate,…
High7.5EPSS 2.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The SSL capability for Konqueror in KDE 3.0.2 and earlier does not verify the Basic Constraints for an intermediate CA-signed certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof the certificates of trusted sites via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- ssl-ca-certificate-spoofing(9776) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 5410 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20020818-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20020812 Re: IE SSL Vulnerability (Konqueror affected too) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- CLA-2002:519 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:221 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20020818 KDE Security Advisory: Konqueror SSL vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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