CVE-2017-14120 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in unrar 0.0.1 (also known as unrar-free or unrar-gpl), allowing an attacker to unpack RAR v2 archives with pathnames like ../[filename] into parent directories. This flaw affects Debian Linux and Rarlab unrar products. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact by allowing arbitrary file creation outside the intended directory. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:unrar:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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