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CVE-2014-9983

Published: 4 June 2017

Directory Traversal exists in RAR 4.x and 5.x because an unpack operation follows any symlinks, including symlinks contained in the archive. This allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
PoC in debian bug report

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
rar
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(2:5.3.b2-1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(2:5.3.b2-1)
disco Not vulnerable
(2:5.3.b2-1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2:5.3.b2-1)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N