01 Record
CVE-2003-0370
Konqueror Embedded and KDE 2.2.2 and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates via a man-in-the-middle
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Konqueror Embedded and KDE 2.2.2 and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates via a man-in-the-middle
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-06-05 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-06-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0532696f7ea668cb5a3433c1ca2a1bddc826f7ce2364b31862b005519f1e5d24
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:192http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-192.html
- lists.grok.org.uk20030510 [forward]Apple Safari and Konqueror Embedded Common Name Verification Vulnerabilityhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-May/004983.html
- www.turbolinux.comTLSA-2003-36http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-36.txt
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:193http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-193.html
- www.securityfocus.com20030507 Problem: Multiple Web Browsers do not do not validate CN on certificates.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320707
- www.debian.orgDSA-361http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-361
- www.kde.orghttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030602-1.txt
- www.securityfocus.com7520http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7520