CVE-2017-14120

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Published Sep 3, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:unrar:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1091-1	unrar-free security update
Debian DLA	DLA-2567-1	unrar-free security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-5632	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.110% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/20/1
https://bugs.debian.org/874059
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00026.html

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Rarlab Unrar

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 7:20 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 3, 2017, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 7:20 PM
Reserved: Sep 3, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:05 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 3, 2017, 8:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:05 AM

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