CVE-2011-1586
kde kde sc: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
- EPSS
- 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- kde:kde_sc
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44124
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44329
- http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.4/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227468&r2=1227467&pathrev=1227468
- http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.5/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227469&r2=1227468&pathrev=1227469