CVE-2018-1000801 Path traversal in n/a
An attacker can create arbitrary files on a user's workstation by tricking them into opening a specially crafted Okular archive.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-1000801?
CVE-2018-1000801 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000801?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (15)
okular Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-part Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-part Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
okular-part Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:4.10.5-8.el7 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Kde Okular.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1000801?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2018-1000801 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000801 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000801, DLA-1516-1, DSA-4303-1, GHSA-5932-x8gj-85rm, MGASA-2018-0389, RHSA-2020:1173 and 2 more.