First published: Tue Nov 16 2004(Updated: )
Directory traversal vulnerability in the -x (extract) command line option in unarj allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an arj archive with filenames that contain .. (dot dot) sequences.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Arj Software Inc. Unarj | =2.65 | |
Arj Software Inc. Unarj | =2.63_a | |
Arj Software Inc. Unarj | =2.62 | |
Arj Software Inc. Unarj | =2.64 | |
Gentoo Linux | ||
arjsoftware unarj | =2.62 | |
arjsoftware unarj | =2.63-a | |
arjsoftware unarj | =2.64 | |
arjsoftware unarj | =2.65 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =3.0 |
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CVE-2004-1027 is classified as a high-severity vulnerability due to the potential for complete file overwriting.
To fix CVE-2004-1027, update unarj to the latest version that addresses this directory traversal vulnerability.
CVE-2004-1027 affects the unarj software versions 2.62 to 2.65 and various distributions like Gentoo and Debian.
Attackers can exploit CVE-2004-1027 to overwrite arbitrary files on a target system by crafting malicious ARJ archives.
While CVE-2004-1027 is an older vulnerability, systems still running affected versions of unarj could be at risk if not properly patched.