VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1586

CVSS score5.8 NONE
EPSS probability3.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-04-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Primary references