CVE-2014-9983

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
04/06/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*