CVE-2017-12938

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.

• CWE-22

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/290Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/290Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 18, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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