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High · 7.8 Known exploited · Ransomware Public exploit CVE-2018-20250 EUVD-2018-12813GHSA-7v9q-j964-43qc

In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, There is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (i…

Published Feb 5, 2019 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by checkpoint

Vendor: Check Point Software Technologies Product: WinRAR Category: Network devices

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Check Point Software Technologies WinRAR All versions prior and including 5.61 —

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 2

GitHub 19 repositories · most starred shown

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