Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2007-1799

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.

Affected products

Ktorrent/Ktorrent2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:joris_guisson:ktorrent:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:joris_guisson:ktorrent:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joris_guisson:ktorrent:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cginvd
secunia.com/advisories/24995nvd
secunia.com/advisories/25097nvd
secunia.com/advisories/26773nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-01.xmlnvd
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1373nvd
www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/23745nvd
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-436-2nvd
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33566nvd

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