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CVE-2018-20250

7.8 highKEVEPSS 96%

High (7.8) in RARLAB WinRAR. In CISA KEV since 2022-02-15, with known ransomware use. EPSS 96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CISA KEV
listed 2022-02-15, due 2022-08-15, known ransomware use
CWEs
CWE-22, CWE-36
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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