Is CVE-2022-48579 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-48579 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-48579?

CVE-2022-48579 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-48579?

CVE-2022-48579 has an EPSS score of 0.72% (49th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48579?

Upgrade unrar-nonfree on debian 11 to 1:6.0.3-1+deb11u2 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-48579

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

UnRAR before 6.2.3 allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder via symlink chains.

CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

unrar-nonfreeDebian

Fixed in:1:6.0.3-1+deb11u2CVE-2022-48579

Fixed in:1:6.2.3-1CVE-2022-48579

libunrar5Ubuntu

Fixed in:1:5.6.6-2ubuntu0.1USN-7350-1

Fixed in:1:6.1.5-1ubuntu0.1USN-7350-1

unrarUbuntu

Fixed in:1:5.6.6-2ubuntu0.1USN-7350-1

Fixed in:1:6.1.5-1ubuntu0.1USN-7350-1

unrar-nonfreeUbuntu

Fixed in:1:5.6.6-2ubuntu0.1USN-7350-1

Fixed in:1:6.1.5-1ubuntu0.1USN-7350-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

49thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 49% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Other references1

lists.debian.org

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CVE-2022-30333	High	7.5	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21300	High	8.0	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-32610	High	7.1	73%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-36193	High	7.5	71%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-40028	Medium	4.9	58%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-0787	High	7.8	43%	KEV + Ransom	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.