CVE-2014-9983 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774172

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5