ubuntu-cve-2018-1000801
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-09-06 18:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

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

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libokularcore7",
            "binary_version": "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "okular",
            "binary_version": "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "okular-extra-backends",
            "binary_version": "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "okular",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/okular@4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4:15.08.2-0ubuntu1",
        "4:15.08.2-0ubuntu2",
        "4:15.08.2-0ubuntu3",
        "4:15.12.1-1ubuntu1",
        "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libokular5core8",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "okular",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "okular-extra-backends",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "okular-mobile",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qml-module-org-kde-okular",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "okular",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/okular@4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4:17.04.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:17.08.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:17.08.3-0ubuntu2",
        "4:17.12.2-0ubuntu3",
        "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000801",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:48Z",
  "published": "2018-09-06T18:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000801"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4830-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000801"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4830-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-1000801"
  ]
}



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