CVE-2018-1000801

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-1000801
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-06 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-20 19:55:00 UTC
Descriptionokular version 18.08 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function "unpackDocumentArchive(...)" in "core/document.cpp" that can result in Arbitrary file creation on the user workstation. This attack appear to be exploitable via he victim must open a specially crafted Okular archive. This issue appears to have been corrected in version 18.08.1

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Kde Okular All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1516-1] okular security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
okular.git - KDE document viewer CONFIRM cgit.kde.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Okular: Directory traversal (GLSA 201811-08) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
398096 – Especially crafted Okular archives may lead to an arbitrary file creation on the user workstation CONFIRM bugs.kde.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4303-1 okular DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377476 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for okular (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0068)
  • 710293 Gentoo Linux Okular Directory traversal Vulnerability (GLSA 201811-08)
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