CVE-2020-24654
In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user's home directory.
02 Description
In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user's home directory.
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
- 1.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 3.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2020-09-02 16:22Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 15:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-08-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cf9897b396507957029c02ea0cd17bfa1cf1148dbd4f82e27d4324c01e0686cf
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1310http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857
- kde.orghttps://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-4759https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-c2f8a1e8a5https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4482-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-f04f41bcc9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202010-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202101-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220520 [SECURITY] [DLA 3015-1] ark security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- ark Fixed in 20.08.0-2
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- ark Fixed in 4:20.08.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ark Fixed in 4:20.08.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ark Fixed in 4:20.08.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ark Fixed in 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ark Fixed in 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- ark Fixed in 4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.