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CVE-2005-0404

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

KMail 1.7.1 in KDE 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to spoof email information, such as whether the email has been digitally signed or encrypted, via HTML formatted email.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

KDE — KDEKmail — Kmail

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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