CVE-2017-14120

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14120
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-03 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-25 17:02:00 UTC
Descriptionunrar 0.0.1 (aka unrar-free or unrar-gpl) suffers from a directory traversal vulnerability for RAR v2 archives: pathnames of the form ../[filename] are unpacked into the upper directory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Rarlab Unrar 0.0.1 All All All
Application Rarlab Unrar 0.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#874059 - unrar-free: CVE-2017-14120: directory traversal vulnerability - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2567-1] unrar-free security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - unrar-free/unrar-gpl: directory traversal and other issues MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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