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CVE-2022-30333

RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.5EPSS 99.1%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 30 August 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

RARLAB UnRAR before 6.12 on Linux and UNIX allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as demonstrated by creating a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. NOTE: WinRAR and Android RAR are unaffected.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
99.09% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 9 August 2022 · due 30 August 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
Weakness
CWE-22, CWE-59
Affected
rarlab/unrar · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. Vulnerability updated with version 6.12. Accessing link will download update information: https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30333

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.