CVE-2019-9686

pacman before 5.1.3 allows directory traversal when installing a remote package via a specified URL "pacman -U <url>" due to an unsanitized file name received from a Content-Disposition header. pacman renames the downloaded package file to match the name given in this header. However, pacman did not sanitize this name, which may contain slashes, before calling rename(). A malicious server (or a network MitM if downloading over HTTP) can send a Content-Disposition header to make pacman place the file anywhere in the filesystem, potentially leading to arbitrary root code execution. Notably, this bypasses pacman's package signature checking. This occurs in curl_download_internal in lib/libalpm/dload.c.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2019-9686

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2019-03-11T16:29:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2020-11-09T21:45:43

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• COMPLETE

• Integrity Impact
• COMPLETE

• Availability Impact
• COMPLETE

• Base Score
• 9.3

• Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 8.6

• Impact Score
• 10

• Version
• 3.1

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

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• REQUIRED

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 8.8

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 2.8

• Impact Score
• 5.9