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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-06-04T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:02:37.642Z

Reserved: 2017-06-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9983

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-06-04T23:29:00.187

Modified: 2017-06-12T14:51:29.123

Link: CVE-2014-9983

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