Path Traversal in Rarlab Unrar
CVE-2017-14120
unrar 0.0.1 (aka unrar-free or unrar-gpl) suffers from a directory traversal vulnerability for RAR v2 archives: pathnames of the form ../[filename] are unpacked into the upper directory.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.021 (79.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Rarlab Unrar — versions 0.0.1
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-14120?
- CVE-2017-14120 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rarlab Unrar, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-09-03.
- How severe is CVE-2017-14120?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-14120 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.