CVE-2018-1000801

Public Exploit

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 workstation. This attack appear to be exploitable via he victim must open a specially crafted Okular archive. This issue appears to have been corrected in version 18.08.1

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.50% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.html third party advisory mailing list
https://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47 third party advisory patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000801?
CVE-2018-1000801 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000801?
To fix CVE-2018-1000801, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-1000801 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-1000801 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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