CVE-2018-20250

Known Exploited Vulnerability

WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability

Vendor / product: RARLAB / WinRAR

Description

In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, There is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (in UNACEV2.dll). When the filename field is manipulated with specific patterns, the destination (extraction) folder is ignored, thus treating the filename as an absolute path.

Weakness classification

• cve@checkpoint.com: CWE-36
• nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Primary references

• cve@checkpoint.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• cve@checkpoint.com — Third Party Advisory
• cve@checkpoint.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• cve@checkpoint.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• cve@checkpoint.com — Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
• cve@checkpoint.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• cve@checkpoint.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• cve@checkpoint.com — Release Notes
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory