CVE-2016-6232

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

4%p91

Published

Aug 2, 2016 (Aug 2, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename in an archive file, related to KNewsstuff downloads.

Vendors: canonical kde
Products: ubuntu linux, karchives
Weakness: CWE-22
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (4.4%)

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