Is CVE-2004-1491 being actively exploited?

CVE-2004-1491 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2004-1491?

CVE-2004-1491 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2004-1491

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 12.6%EU EUVD

Opera 7.54 and earlier uses kfmclient exec to handle unknown MIME types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a shortcut or launcher that contains an Exec entry.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS score: 12.6% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2004-1485)
Published: December 31, 2004
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2004-1485 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gentoo / linux
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opera / opera browser
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Certified products that may be affected

4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise OpenSSL 1 Cryptographic Module - SUSE LLC - FIPS 140 5238 - active
SUSE Linux Enterprise OpenSSL 3 Cryptographic Module - SUSE LLC - FIPS 140 5096 - active
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-1214-2025 - active
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server V8, Service Pack 3, RC4, with certification-sles-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0234-2004 - archived

References

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Mar/0007.html(Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/13447/(Broken Link, Patch)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml(Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11901(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.zone-h.org/advisories/read/id=6503(Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18457(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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