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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

Published Apr 2, 2007

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.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 2, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 2, 2007
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a