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CVE-2011-1586

Date: April 26, 2011

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.

Language: C++

Severity Score

Related Resources (19)

http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.5/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227469&r2=1227468&pathrev=1227469
https://launchpad.net/bugs/757526
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1114-1/
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.4/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227468&r2=1227467&pathrev=1227468
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1586
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.6/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227471&r2=1227470&pathrev=1227471
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:081
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66826
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0465.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44124
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1019
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1586
http://secunia.com/advisories/44329
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-1586
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1021
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697042
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/9
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1135
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-1586

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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