5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-1000801
Okular Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 6, 2018, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 20, 2019, 7:55 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-1000801 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1000801 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Kde okular
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-1000801.

URL Resource
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 4 years, 11 months ago
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Born at : Sept. 10, 2018, 12:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1000801 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1000801 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096 No Types Assigned https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47 No Types Assigned https://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kde:okular:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 18.08
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.html [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.11 }} 0.01%

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0.43372

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