WinRAR had over 500 million users when the bug was found. ✅ How to Stay Safe Update WinRAR: Ensure you are using version 5.70 or newer .
RARLAB removed unacev2.dll entirely to fix the issue. 22793.rar
WinRAR failed to properly sanitize these paths, allowing the file to be written outside the intended extraction folder. ⚠️ Security Implications WinRAR had over 500 million users when the bug was found
The file is a well-known proof-of-concept (PoC) archive used to demonstrate a critical vulnerability in WinRAR (tracked as CVE-2018-20250 ). 22793.rar
This vulnerability allowed attackers to execute code remotely by simply having a user extract a specially crafted archive. 🛡️ The Vulnerability: CVE-2018-20250
WinRAR had over 500 million users when the bug was found. ✅ How to Stay Safe Update WinRAR: Ensure you are using version 5.70 or newer .
RARLAB removed unacev2.dll entirely to fix the issue.
WinRAR failed to properly sanitize these paths, allowing the file to be written outside the intended extraction folder. ⚠️ Security Implications
The file is a well-known proof-of-concept (PoC) archive used to demonstrate a critical vulnerability in WinRAR (tracked as CVE-2018-20250 ).
This vulnerability allowed attackers to execute code remotely by simply having a user extract a specially crafted archive. 🛡️ The Vulnerability: CVE-2018-20250