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CVE-2014-9983

Directory Traversal exists in RAR 4.x and 5.x because an unpack operation follows any symlinks, including symlinks contained in the archive. This allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive.

  • Published: Jun 4, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2014-9983
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Software From Fixed in
rarlab / rar 4.00 4.00.x
rarlab / rar 5.10 5.10.x
rarlab / rar 5.50-beta2 5.50-beta2.x
rarlab / rar 5.11 5.11.x
rarlab / rar 4.20 4.20.x
rarlab / rar 5.40 5.40.x
rarlab / rar 5.21 5.21.x
rarlab / rar 5.50-beta1 5.50-beta1.x
rarlab / rar 5.00 5.00.x
rarlab / rar 5.30 5.30.x
rarlab / rar 5.20 5.20.x
rarlab / rar 5.50 5.50.x
rarlab / rar 5.50-beta3 5.50-beta3.x
rarlab / rar 4.11 4.11.x
rarlab / rar 4.01 4.01.x
rarlab / rar 5.31 5.31.x
rarlab / rar 5.01 5.01.x
rarlab / rar 4.10 4.10.x