CVE-2020-16116

ark: maliciously crafted archive can install files anywhere in the user's home directory

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 30, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.

Statement

ark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 prompts the user before allowing extraction into home directory, and also displays an error. Because the user must agree to perform the extraction in the home directory, Red Hat Product Security does not view this as a security vulnerability in ark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE-552 · Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties