High severity · published May 9, 2022
CVE-2022-30333
RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
RansomwareIn wildKEV
7.5
CVSS
99.2%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
RARLAB UnRAR before 6.12 on Linux and UNIX allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as demonstrated by creating a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. NOTE: WinRAR and Android RAR are unaffected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)99.2% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Aug 9, 2022
Federal remediation dueAug 30, 2022
Ransomware campaign useKnown
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
UN
Unrar · Rarlab
before 6.12 · source: NVD, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30333
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30333
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
www.rarlab.com
https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm
www.rarlab.com
https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz
blog.sonarsource.com
https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html
mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00022.html
vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-04
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