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HistoryAug 23, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2023-38831

2023-08-2300:00:00
mitre
www.cve.org
rarlab winrar
vulnerability
arbitrary code execution
zip archive
malicious
exploit

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.214 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.5%

RARLAB WinRAR before 6.23 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when a user attempts to view a benign file within a ZIP archive. The issue occurs because a ZIP archive may include a benign file (such as an ordinary .JPG file) and also a folder that has the same name as the benign file, and the contents of the folder (which may include executable content) are processed during an attempt to access only the benign file. This was exploited in the wild in April through October 2023.