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CVE-2017-12938
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2017-08-18 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-22
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: through 5.5.6
References
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