CVE - CVE-2018-1000801

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-1000801	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
References
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CONFIRM:https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096 CONFIRM:https://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47 DEBIAN:DSA-4303 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303 GENTOO:GLSA-201811-08 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20180923 [SECURITY] [DLA 1516-1] okular security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180906	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180906)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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