CVE-2017-14120 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

unrar 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.

Published: 2017-09-03

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:unrar:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1091-1	unrar-free security update
Debian DLA	DLA-2567-1	unrar-free security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-5632	unrar 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00532.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/20/1
https://bugs.debian.org/874059
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00026.html

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Rarlab Unrar

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-03T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:20:41.067Z

Reserved: 2017-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14120

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-03T20:29:00.287

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

Link: CVE-2017-14120

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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