What is CVE-2017-12938?

CVE-2017-12938 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rarlab Unrar, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-12938?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Rarlab Unrar

CVE-2017-12938

UnRAR before 5.5.7 allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.036 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Rarlab Unrar
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12938?: CVE-2017-12938 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rarlab Unrar, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-12938?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.