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New Hacking Campaign Exploits Microsoft Windows WinRAR Vulnerability
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-8088 | WinRAR Path Traversal (CVE-2025-8088) Enables Arbitrary Code Execution | 8.4 | 94% | KEVRansomware | KEV |
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A hacking campaign took just days to exploit a newly disclosed security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows version of WinRAR, researchers at Check Point have said. The attackers leveraged CVE-2025-8088 , a path traversal vulnerability in the widely used file archive and compression software WinRAR, which was first disclosed in August 2025.
By Danny Palmer · infosecurity-magazine.com
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