Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability in KArchive

Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability in KArchive

CVE-2016-6232 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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