A vulnerability was found in Rarlab WinRAR up to 3.42 (File Compression Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in WinRAR 3.42 and earlier, when the user clicks on the ZIP file to extract it, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a ... (triple dot) in the filename of the ZIP file.

The weakness was released 05/02/2005 by Albert Puigsech Galicia (Website). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0331 since 02/10/2005. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (20585).

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• File Compression Software

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• Rarlab

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• WinRAR

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• 3.0.0
• 3.10
• 3.10 Beta3
• 3.10 Beta5
• 3.11
• 3.20
• 3.40
• 3.41
• 3.42

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