High severity · published Aug 7, 2023
CVE-2022-48579
UnRAR before 6.2.3 allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder via symlink chains
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
UnRAR before 6.2.3 allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder via symlink chains.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UN
Unrar · Rarlab
before 6.2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48579
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48579
Patch
https://github.com/pmachapman/unrar/commit/2ecab6bb5ac4f3b88f270218445496662020205f#diff-ca3086f578522062d7e390ed2cd7e10f646378a8b8cbf287a6e4db5966df68ee
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00023.html
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