High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-12938

Description

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.

Affected products

Rarlab/Unrar
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:unrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=5.5.6

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/290nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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