CVE-2024-57966 describes a path traversal vulnerability in KDE Ark versions prior to 24.12.0, specifically within the libarchiveplugin.cpp component, allowing archives to extract files to arbitrary absolute paths. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to limited integrity and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, < 24.12.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:kde:ark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.