{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12938","details":"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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:27Z","published":"2017-08-18T13:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-12938"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12938"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/18/2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/290"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12938"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"unrar-nonfree","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/unrar-nonfree@1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:5.3.2-1","1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1","binary_name":"unrar"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12938.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}