CVE-2007-1799

Published Apr 2, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.4 Medium EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed
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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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1372-2 New ktorrent packages fix directory traversal
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-1793 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-436-2 KTorrent vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 1:06 PM
Reserved
Apr 2, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 2, 2007, 10:19 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:38 PM