cve/2016/CVE-2016-6232.md

### [CVE-2016-6232](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6232)
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### Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename in an archive file, related to KNewsstuff downloads.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.