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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2007-1799

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,…

MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 2.27%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS
2.27% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
joris guisson/ktorrent
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.27%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.