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Medium
CVE-2014-9983
Directory Traversal exists in RAR 4.x and 5.x because an...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.00, 4.01, 4.10, 4.11, 4.20, 5.00, 5.01, 5.10, 5.11, 5.20, 5.21, 5.30, 5.31, 5.40, 5.50
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 4th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.