CVE-2018-0496
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's...
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version) before 3.14 allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version) before 3.14 allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system.
- Record
CVE-2018-0496- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version) before 3.14 allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system.
- Record
CVE-2018-0496- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-1319 No score
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version) before 3.14 allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system.
- Record
EUVD-2018-1319- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-94j8-4hjg-8pc8
7.5
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's...
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version) before 3.14 allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system.
- Record
GHSA-94j8-4hjg-8pc8- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version) before 3.14 allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system.
- Record
CVE-2018-0496- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-09
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-0496
7.5
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version) before 3.14 allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-0496- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-0496
7.5
Directory traversal issues in the D-Mod extractor in DFArc and DFArc2 (as well as in RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version) before 3.14 allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0496- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0287 No score
Updated freedink-dfarc package fixes security vulnerability
Sylvain Beucler and Dan Walma discovered several directory traversal issues in DFArc (as well as in the RTsoft's Dink Smallwood HD / ProtonSDK version), allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the user's system (CVE-2018-0496).
This release fixes it, and brings translation updates.
- Record
MGASA-2018-0287- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
freedink-dfarcDebian:12 |
before 3.14-1 | 3.14-1 |
freedink-dfarcDebian:13 |
before 3.14-1 | 3.14-1 |
freedink-dfarcDebian:14 |
before 3.14-1 | 3.14-1 |
freedink-dfarcDebian:8 |
before 3.12-1+deb8u1, plus listed versions 3.12-1 |
3.12-1+deb8u1 |
freedink-dfarcMageia:6 |
before 3.14-1.mga6 | 3.14-1.mga6 |
freedink-dfarcUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 3.12-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 3.12-1build1 |
3.12-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1 |
freedink-dfarcUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 3.12-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 3.12-1build13.12-1build2 |
3.12-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-0496 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Dinknetwork Dfarc, published June 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.41%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in freedink-dfarc 3.14-1.
References
savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9169
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freedink/dfarc.git/commit?id=40cc957f52e772f45125126439ba9333cf2d2998
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00033.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0496
github.com/advisories/GHSA-94j8-4hjg-8pc8
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0496