Description
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.
Published: 2017-06-04
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9787 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.
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:02:37.642Z

Reserved: 2017-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9983

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-04T23:29:00.187

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2014-9983

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Weaknesses