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CVE-2022-30333

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Path traversal · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
7.5CVSS HIGH exploited ransomware
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities). Known use in ransomware campaigns. Added to KEV 2022-08-09. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-08-30.

Summary

RARLAB UnRAR before 6.12 on Linux and UNIX allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as demonstrated by creating a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. NOTE: WinRAR and Android RAR are unaffected.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)99%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products we track (3)

Recommendation

This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz ↗