CVE-2022-30333RARLAB UnRAR before 6.12 on Linux and UNIX allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 99.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 9 Aug 2022
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
- Added
- 9 Aug 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 30 Aug 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 9 Aug 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules2 modules
- UnRAR Path Traversal (CVE-2022-30333) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/fileformat/unrar_cve_2022_30333Rank excellentdisclosed 28 Jun 2022
- UnRAR Path Traversal in Zimbra (CVE-2022-30333) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/zimbra_unrar_cve_2022_30333Rank excellentdisclosed 28 Jun 2022
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.2% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230817 [SECURITY] [DLA 3534-1] rar security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- GLSA-202309-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-30333 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-52276 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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