CVE-2020-24654

LOW

KDE Ark <20.08.1 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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
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
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/
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