Directory Traversal Vulnerability in RAR 4.x and 5.x Allows Remote File Write

CVE-2014-9983 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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