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CVE-2018-20250

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CISA KEVKnown exploited in the wild.Used in ransomware
CISA action: WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability leads to Remote Code Execution
CVSS v3.1
7.8
HIGH
EPSS percentile
100
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 0% of all CVEs
Description

In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, There is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (in UNACEV2.dll). When the filename field is manipulated with specific patterns, the destination (extraction) folder is ignored, thus treating the filename as an absolute path.

Timeline
Published 2019-02-05

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