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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade ark | Aug 22, 2024 | Sep 2, 2020 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Sep 2, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ark | Sep 8, 2020 | Sep 2, 2020 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade ark | Aug 29, 2020 | Aug 28, 2020 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade kde-apps/ark. | Oct 21, 2020 | Sep 2, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 2, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libkerfuffle18Upgrade libkerfuffle20Upgrade ark-langUpgrade ark | Sep 2, 2020 | Aug 27, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ark | Sep 2, 2020 | Aug 27, 2020 |
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