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Medium
CVE-2007-1799
Directory traversal vulnerability in torrent.cpp in KTorrent before 2.1.3 only...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170303
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26773
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25097
- http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143637
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1373
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:095
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-01.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33566
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23745
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-436-2
Affected Vendor
joris guisson
View all reports →Affected Software
ktorrent
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1.1, 2.1.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 2nd, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.