CVE-2022-30333 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

RARLAB UnRAR before 6.12 on Linux and UNIX allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as demonstrated by creating a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. NOTE: WinRAR and Android RAR are unaffected.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is in the KEV database since Aug. 9, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.90454.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Linux	Linux Kernel
Opengroup	Unix
Rarlab	Unrar

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:unrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opengroup:unix:-:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3534-1	rar security update
Ubuntu USN	USN-6569-1	libclamunrar vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7349-1	RAR vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7350-1	UnRAR vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html
https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00022.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-04
https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz
https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm

History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-59
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-08-09'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:37:42.371Z

Reserved: 2022-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-30333

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:48:35.705Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-05-09T08:15:06.937

Modified: 2025-03-13T15:35:00.390

Link: CVE-2022-30333

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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