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CVE-2020-16116

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16116 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in KDE Ark versions prior to 20.08.0, allowing a specially crafted archive to install files outside the intended extraction directory. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve a low impact on integrity (I:L), affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, KDE, and OpenSUSE. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 20.08.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:ark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 577 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-16116Low

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

Jul 30, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / KDE/ark/commits/master
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
invent.kde.org / utilities/ark/-/commit/0df592524fed305d6fbe74ddf8a196bc9ffdb92f
PatchVendor Advisory
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20200730-1.txt
Vendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202008-03
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4461-1
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4738
Third Party Advisory