CVE-2016-6232

Directory traversal vulnerability in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename in an archive file, related to KNewsstuff downloads.

CVSS v3.0

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

4.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 91th percentile

Published

2016-08-02

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-6210
• CVE-2016-6253
• CVE-2016-6201
• CVE-2016-6255
• CVE-2016-6199
• CVE-2016-6256