Medium severity · published Jun 4, 2017
CVE-2014-9983
Directory Traversal exists in RAR 4.x and 5.x because an unpack operation follows any symlinks, including symlinks contained in the archive
5.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Rar · Rarlab
4.00; 4.01; 4.10; 4.11; 4.20; 5.00; +12 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9983
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9983
Exploit
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774172
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