cve/2017/CVE-2017-12938.md

### [CVE-2017-12938](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12938)
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### Description

UnRAR before 5.5.7 allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/290

#### Github
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