VDB
CVE-2016-6232
CVE-2016-6232
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 6.39% · 91.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
6.39%
91.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | kde4libs | 0, 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2, 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu3 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | karchive | 5.15.0-0ubuntu1, 5.15.0-0ubuntu2, 5.15.0-0ubuntu3 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | kde4libs | 4:4.14.16-0ubuntu1, 4:4.14.16-0ubuntu3, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt (nist-nvd)
- [oss-security] 20160716 Re: CVE Request for KNewStuff/KArchive issue (circl)
- https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37 (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1884 (circl)
- 91806 (circl)
- DSA-3643 (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2223 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20160716 CVE Request for KNewStuff/KArchive issue (circl)
- USN-3042-1 (circl)
- USN-4100-1 (circl)
Timeline
- Jul 18, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6232 third-party-advisory
- https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/128185/ third-party-advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/78 third-party-advisory
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3042-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4100-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6232 third-party-advisory