Directory Traversal Affecting okular package, versions <4:17.12.2-2.1
Threat Intelligence
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- published6 Aug 2026
- disclosed6 Sept 2018
Introduced: 6 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-1000801 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest okular to version 4:17.12.2-2.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream okular package and not the okular package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2018-1000801
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398096
- https://cgit.kde.org/okular.git/commit/?id=8ff7abc14d41906ad978b6bc67e69693863b9d47
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303