CVE-2014-9983 describes a directory traversal vulnerability affecting RAR versions 4.x and 5.x. This flaw allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to a system by crafting a malicious RAR archive that contains symbolic links, which are followed during the unpack operation. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but can lead to high integrity impact (I:H). Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:rar:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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