Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-1799
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.
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References
12- 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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