CVE•Published 2025-06-21•2 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-6218

Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 9% of all CVEs

Description

RARLAB WinRAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of file paths within archive files. A crafted file path can cause the process to traverse to unintended directories. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27198.

Timeline

Published 2025-06-21

External references

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Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-6218

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Rarlab Winrar"

All exposed Rarlab Winrar instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Winrar"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Winrar" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-6218