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    CVE-2020-24654

    In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user's home directory.

    Published:Aug 27, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Sep 2, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00516
    CVSS Score:3.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Ark
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.html
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857
    https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
    https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.html
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857
    https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
    https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High