5.5

CVE-2014-9983: rarlab rar Path Traversal

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-9983DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9983
Published 04-06-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-9983 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in rarlab rar. EPSS estimates a 1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 04-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.77% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.debian.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • rar< 2:5.3.b2-1
Rarlab1 product
  • rar4.00 | 4.01 | 4.10 | 4.11 | 4.20 | 5.00 | 5.01 | 5.10 | 5.11 | 5.20 | 5.21 | 5.30 | 5.31 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.50:beta1 | 5.50:beta2 | 5.50:beta3
Ubuntu1 product
  • rar< 2:5.3.b2-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links