CVE-2011-1586

Directory traversal vulnerability in the KGetMetalink::File::isValidNameAttr function in ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp in KGet in KDE SC 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000.

Published: 2011-04-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-1586 is rated Moderate Risk (55.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.12%). EPSS rose +2.27% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1586

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.85% 3.12% +2.27%
2 2025-05-30 0.71% 0.85% +0.13%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.71% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1586

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1586

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-1586

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1586
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-1586 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kdenetwork), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): released 3, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1586

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1586

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde kde_sc <= 4.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 3.5.10 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:3.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.80 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.85 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.1.96 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.1.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.6:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1586

URL Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/9
http://secunia.com/advisories/44124 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44329
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.4/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227468&r2=1227467&pathrev=1227468 Patch
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.5/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227469&r2=1227468&pathrev=1227469
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.6/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp?r1=1227471&r2=1227470&pathrev=1227471 Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:081
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0465.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1114-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1019 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1021 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1135
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66826
https://launchpad.net/bugs/757526
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