CVE-2018-1000801
okular version 18.08 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function "unpackDocumentArchive(...)" in "core/document.cpp" that can result in Arbitrary file creation on the user workstation.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.83%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
okular version 18.08 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function "unpackDocumentArchive(...)" in "core/document.cpp" that can result in Arbitrary file creation on the user workstation. This attack appear to be exploitable via he victim must open a specially crafted Okular archive. This issue appears to have been corrected in version 18.08.1
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.83% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- kde/okular · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.