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    CVE-2014-9983

    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.

    Published:Jun 4, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jun 4, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00261
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Rarlab
    Product
    Rar

    Exploits

    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774172https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774172

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High