WinRAR <= 5.60 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
🗓️ 06 Mar 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the WinRAR file archiver lies in the fact that it writes beyond the buffer boundaries during file extraction, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. | 1 Mar 201900:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2018-20253 | 13 May 202214:50 | – | circl | |
| WinRAR LHA/LZH Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability | 15 Feb 201900:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2018-20253 | 13 Feb 201901:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2018-20253 | 13 Feb 201901:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2018-12816 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| KLA11427 Multiple ACE vulnerabilities in WinRAR | 5 Feb 201900:00 | – | kaspersky | |
| WinRAR aeration elder has a major vulnerability that hackers can be malicious programs implanted in the boot process-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net | 22 Feb 201900:00 | – | myhack58 | |
| CVE-2018-20253 | 13 Feb 201901:29 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2018-20253 | 13 Feb 201901:29 | – | osv |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113349");
script_version("2025-12-11T05:46:19+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-11 05:46:19 +0000 (Thu, 11 Dec 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-03-06 12:37:03 +0200 (Wed, 06 Mar 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-09 23:39:00 +0000 (Wed, 09 Oct 2019)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-20253");
script_name("WinRAR <= 5.60 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_winrar_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("WinRAR/Ver");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"WinRAR is prone to an Out-of-Bounds Write vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability can be exploited by bringing a user to parse a specially
crafted LHA or LZH archive.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code
in the context of the current user.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WinRAR through version 5.60.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.61.");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:rarlab:winrar";
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version: vers, test_version: "5.61" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: vers, fixed_version: "5.61", install_path: path );
security_message( data: report, port: 0 );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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11 Dec 2025 00:00Current
7.7High risk
Vulners AI Score7.7
CVSS 26.8
CVSS 37.8
EPSS0.03878