Description
In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user's home directory.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06
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
0.0084
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
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-59
Status
published
Products (10)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
20.04
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
fedoraproject/fedora
32
fedoraproject/fedora
33
kde/ark
< 20.08.1
opensuse/leap
15.1
opensuse/leap
15.2
Published
Sep 02, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026