3.3
LOW
CVE-2020-16116
KDE Ark Zip File Extraction Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 3, 2020, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:18 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-16116 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-16116 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Kde ark
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-16116.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/KDE/ark/commits/master Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/commit/0df592524fed305d6fbe74ddf8a196bc9ffdb92f Patch Vendor Advisory
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200730-1.txt Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-03 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4461-1/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4738 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 10 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : July 29, 2020, 7:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-16116 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-16116 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4461-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4461-1/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4461-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 19, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00023.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00023.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-03 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-03 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00023.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-03 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/KDE/ark/commits/master No Types Assigned https://github.com/KDE/ark/commits/master Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/commit/0df592524fed305d6fbe74ddf8a196bc9ffdb92f No Types Assigned https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/commit/0df592524fed305d6fbe74ddf8a196bc9ffdb92f Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200730-1.txt No Types Assigned https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200730-1.txt Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4738 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4738 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kde:ark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 20.08.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-16116 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-16116 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.14 }} 0.02%

score

0.50413

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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