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CVE-2007-1799
Directory traversal vulnerability in torrent.cpp in KTorrent before 2.1.3 only checks for the ".." string, which allows remote attackers…
Medium6.4EPSS 2.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170303 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 24995 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26773 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25097 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143637 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1373 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-200705-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ktorrent-torrentcpp-directory-traversal(33566) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23745 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-436-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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