CVE-2020-24654

LOW EPSS 71.0%

Published Sep 2, 20205y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

3.3 CVSS 3.1

Low

Published Sep 2, 2020 5y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

3.3

Exploitability

1.8

Impact

1.4

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction Required

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

71.0% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-59

Affected Products 10

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
kde	ark	*	<20.08.1
canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	20.04	any
debian	debian_linux	10.0	any
fedoraproject	fedora	32	any
opensuse	leap	15.1	any
opensuse	leap	15.2	any
debian	debian_linux	9.0	any
fedoraproject	fedora	33	any

References 11

lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd

PatchThird Party Advisory
kde.org https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt

Vendor Advisory
lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06

Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06

Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/

Third Party Advisory
debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759

Third Party Advisory

Remediation

github.com https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd

PatchThird Party Advisory