CVE-2011-1586

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

Kde Sc: through 4.6.2; 2.2.0, 3.5.10, 4.0.0, 4.0.0-alpha1, 4.0.0-alpha2, 4.0.0-beta1 (+63)

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
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
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0465.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1114-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1019
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1021
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1135

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