CVE-2014-9983

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9983
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-04 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-06-12 14:51:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rarlab Rar 4.00 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 4.01 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 4.10 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 4.11 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 4.20 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.00 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.01 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.10 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.11 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.20 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.21 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.30 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.31 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.40 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.50 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.50 beta1 All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.50 beta2 All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.50 beta3 All All
Application Rarlab Rar 4.00 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 4.01 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 4.10 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 4.11 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 4.20 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.00 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.01 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.10 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.11 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.20 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.21 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.30 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.31 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.40 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.50 All All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.50 beta1 All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.50 beta2 All All
Application Rarlab Rar 5.50 beta3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#774172 - rar: CVE-2014-9983: symlink directory traversal - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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