Security News > 2019 > February > 500,000+ WinRAR users open to compromise via a 19-year-old flaw

A vulnerability affecting all versions of WinRAR, the popular file archiver utility for Windows, could be exploited by attackers to deliver malware via specially crafted ACE archives. About the flaw The vulnerability was unearthed by Check Point researchers and the effectiveness of a PoC exploit has been demonstrated in this video: They created a malicious ACE archive disguised as a RAR file that, when decompressed by WinRAR, extracts a malicious executable to one of the … More → The post 500,000+ WinRAR users open to compromise via a 19-year-old flaw appeared first on Help Net Security.

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