CVE-2018-1000801
okular version 18.08 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function "unpackDocumentArchive(...)" in "core/document.cpp" that can result in Arbitrary file creation on the user
02 Description
okular version 18.08 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function "unpackDocumentArchive(...)" in "core/document.cpp" that can result in Arbitrary file creation on the user
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-09-06 18:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 12:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-09-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a39db5c6bc1dd6486424fc6491acdffe89cf4142d5558d416f9c7f485553175a
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180923 [SECURITY] [DLA 1516-1] okular security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.html
- cgit.kde.orghttps://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08
- bugs.kde.orghttps://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096
- www.debian.orgDSA-4303https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- okular Fixed in 4:17.12.2-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- okular Fixed in 4:17.12.2-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- okular Fixed in 4:17.12.2-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- okular No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- okular Fixed in 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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