CVE-2018-1000801

okular: Directory traversal in function unpackDocumentArchive() in core/document.cpp

Published Sep 6, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
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

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1516-1 okular security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4303-1 okular security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-2005 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
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4830-1 Okular vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.04052}

epss

{'score': 0.02365}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 12:40 PM
Reserved
Sep 1, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 6, 2018, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:33 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 6, 2018, 12:00 AM