On July 30, 2025, WinRAR released a new version (7.13 Final) to patch a vulnerability which was used in two separate malware campaigns. WinRAR is a popular file archiving and data compression tool that allows users to compress files into smaller archives, like RAR and ZIP, and can also unpack various archive formats.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-8088, is a path traversal flaw that affects the Windows version of WinRAR and allows the attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files. A path traversal vulnerability, also known as a directory traversal vulnerability, is a type of security flaw that allows attackers to access files and directories they should not be able to reach.
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Source: Malwarebytes Labs
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