CVE-2011-1586
Directory traversal vulnerability in the KGetMetalink::File::isValidNameAttr function in ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp in KGet in KDE…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/757526 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.4/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227468&r2=1227467&pathrev=1227468 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.6/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227471&r2=1227470&pathrev=1227471 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44124 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110415 Re: CVE Request: incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000 in KDE network (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-1135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0465 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2011-1019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 44329 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.5/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227469&r2=1227468&pathrev=1227469 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-1021 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-1114-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- kget-name-directory-traversal(66826) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697042 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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