CVE-2022-30333
RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- Published
- May 9, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 9, 2022
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
RARLAB UnRAR before 6.12 on Linux and UNIX allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as demonstrated by creating a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. NOTE: WinRAR and Android RAR are unaffected.
Sources
4- Zimbra-CVE-2022-30333Exploit
Zimbra unrar vulnerability. Now there are already POC available, it is safe to release our POC.
Generates malicious RAR archives exploiting a path traversal vulnerability in unRAR to plant files at arbitrary locations, demonstrated with a Zimbra backdoor.
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-30333 path traversal in unRAR, generating malicious .rar files to plant payloads at arbitrary locations. Integrates with Metasploit and msfvenom for penetration testing.
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