CVE-2007-1799

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    CVE-2007-1799

    Published: 2 Apr 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Directory traversal vulnerability in torrent.cpp in KTorrent before 2.1.3 only checks for the ".." string, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via modified ".." sequences in a torrent filename, as demonstrated by "../" sequences, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-1384.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/24995, http://secunia.com/advisories/25097, http://secunia.com/advisories/26773, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-01.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1373, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:095, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-436-2, http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143637, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23745, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170303, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33566

    Affected packages

    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