UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000801

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000801
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000801.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000801
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Published
2018-09-06T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:21Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / okular

Package

Name
okular
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/okular@4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4:15.*

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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libokularcore7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "okular"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "okular-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "okular-extra-backends"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / okular

Package

Name
okular
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/okular@4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

4:17.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1",
            "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-dev"
        },
        {
            "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"
        }
    ]
}