full-disclosure - unarj dir-transversal bug (../../../..)

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From: evilninja at gmx.net (evilninja)
Subject: unarj dir-transversal bug (../../../..)

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Chris Umphress wrote:
>>...somehow i don't expect programs to mess with /usr. not as a user and
>>not as root.
>
> I just picked /usr, it could have been /etc, /var or any other
> standard directory that every *nix distribution has. Regardless, if I
> try to make unarj write to a directory that I don't have the
> neccessary permissions for, it asks me to pick an alternate location
> to extract to.

yes, but this is the point! when i happen to unarj a package with the
unarj version you have as user "root", then unarj *will* have the
permission to overwrite /etc or whatever. it won't kindly ask but just
overwrite, or does it? (you've shown unarj in action with sudo when
test.txt was non-existant).

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