CVE-2018-1000801
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 2.2%okular - security update
Published: 9/6/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
okular version 18.08 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function "unpackDocumentArchive(...)" in "core/document.cpp" that can result in Arbitrary file creation on the user workstation. This attack appear to be exploitable via he victim must open a specially crafted Okular archive. This issue appears to have been corrected in version 18.08.1
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/okularfrom 0, < 4:17.12.2-2.1
- Debian/okularfrom 0, < 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u1
- Debian/okularfrom 0, < 4:16.08.2-1+deb9u1
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 |