CVE-2016-6232

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6232
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-02T16:59:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-28T20:31:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:karchives:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.24
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3042-1 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/2
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/3 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91806
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00023.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3643
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4100-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6232
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6232
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:04:06 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:40:41 2016-08-02T16:59Z 2016-08-02T16:59:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:40:41 2016-11-28T20:31:07 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:40:41 Modified Vulnerability Status updated