Exploit / PoCcritical
WinRAR zero-day was exploited by two threat actors (CVE-2025-8088)
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-55188 | 7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction | 3.6 | <1% | PoC ×3 | |
| CVE-2025-8088 | WinRAR Path Traversal (CVE-2025-8088) Enables Arbitrary Code Execution | 8.4 | 94% | KEVRansomware | KEV |
Indicators of compromise
auto-extracted · verify before use · export allAll| Type | Indicator | Context |
|---|---|---|
| domain | bi.zone | ng CVE‑2025‑8088 a few days after RomCom started doing so.” BI.ZONE says that the spearphishing campaign delivering booby-trapp |
From the original article
3 min read at helpnetsecurity.com
The RomCom attackers aren’t the only ones that have been leveraging the newly unveiled WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) in zero-day attacks: according to Russian cybersecurity company BI. ZONE, a group tracked as Paper Werewolf has been using it to target Russian organizations. BI.
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