CVE-2014-9983
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.26%Published: 6/4/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9983
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/rarfrom 0, < 2:5.3.b2-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |