Path Traversal in Kde Sc

CVE-2011-1586

Directory traversal vulnerability in the KGetMetalink::File::isValidNameAttr function in ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp in KGet in KDE SC 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.031 (86.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Kde Kde_sc — versions 2.2.0, 3.5.10, 4.0.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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