CVE-2004-1027

N/A Unknown

Published: March 01, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027348.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lwn.net/Articles/121827/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-29.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-628

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-652

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-007.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11436

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17684

Source: cve@mitre.org

VDB Entry

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027348.html