CVE-2020-24654low
Description
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.
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.html
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857
https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2020-09-02
Updated: 2022-05-20
Type: CWE-59
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Impact Score: 1.4
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: LOW