CVE-2017-12938

high

Published 2017-08-18 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

UnRAR before 5.5.7 allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:5.5.8-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:5.5.8-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:5.5.8-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:5.5.8-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:5.5.8-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
rarlab	unrar	`{"endIncluding":"5.5.6"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.