CVE-2020-16116

LOW

KDE Ark < 20.08.0 - Path Traversal via Crafted Archive

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/KDE/ark/commits/master
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4738
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200730-1.txt
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-03
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00023.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4461-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0086
EPSS Percentile 75.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (9)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 31
fedoraproject/fedora 32
kde/ark < 20.08.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
opensuse/leap 15.2
Published Aug 03, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026