MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2004-1145

Ethereal vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Multiple vulnerabilities in Konqueror in KDE 3.3.1 and earlier (1) allow access to restricted Java classes via JavaScript and (2) do not properly restrict access to certain Java classes from the Java applet, which allows remote attackers to bypass sandbox restrictions and read or write arbitrary files.
Affected vendor
Ethereal Group
Affected product
Ethereal
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published
2004-12-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-1145

  • Confirm whether Ethereal Group Ethereal is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-1145.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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