CVE-2008-5905
The web interface plugin in KTorrent before 3.1.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload arbitrary torrent files, and trigger the start of downloads and seeding, via
02 Description
The web interface plugin in KTorrent before 3.1.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload arbitrary torrent files, and trigger the start of downloads and seeding, via
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-01-15 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-01-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 621b79ebc52964526c9f402b15ac67d2480eedc1d8a58b30c99ccfacaa7f99e7
05 Affected products
06 References
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20090108 CVE request: ktorrenthttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/08/1
- www.securityfocus.com31927http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31927
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-711-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-711-1
- secunia.com32447http://secunia.com/advisories/32447
- secunia.com32442http://secunia.com/advisories/32442
- secunia.com34003http://secunia.com/advisories/34003
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200902-05http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-05.xml
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244741
- secunia.com33675http://secunia.com/advisories/33675
- ktorrent.orghttp://ktorrent.org/?q=node/23
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504178
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2911http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2911
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comktorrent-webinterface-weak-security(46117)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46117
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ktorrent Fixed in 3.1.4+dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ktorrent Fixed in 3.1.4+dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ktorrent Fixed in 3.1.4+dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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