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Home RarlabCVE-2022-48579

High

7.5CVSS

CVE-2022-48579

Vendor:Rarlab

Published: 7 Aug 2023

Updated 1y ago

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Description

UnRAR before 6.2.3 allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder via symlink chains.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-59

Metadata

Primary Vendor: RARLAB
Published: 8/7/2023
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

rarlab : unrar

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD

Fix CVE-2022-48579 - HIGH rarlab unrar | CVEDatabase.com

Related reading

Use CWE-59, Rarlab vendor hub and Unrar product page to widen CVE-2022-48579 into its surrounding weakness, vendor, and product context.

Compare it with CVE-2022-30333, CVE-2017-12942 and CVE-2017-12941 for nearby disclosures in the same product family.