Description
UnRAR before 5.5.7 allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file.
Published: 2017-08-18
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-4462 UnRAR before 5.5.7 allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:33:46.905Z

Reserved: 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12938

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-18T13:29:00.373

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

Link: CVE-2017-12938

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