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Gamaredon Uses WinRAR Vulnerability to Launch Modular Spy Campaign on Ukrainian Targets
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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5 min read at securityaffairs.com
Gamaredon exploits a WinRAR flaw to drop modular, nearly fileless malware on Ukrainian targets, hiding payloads in Windows streams and resolving C2s via Telegram. Sekoia’s Threat Detection & Research team dropped a YARA rule in late December 2025 to hunt for new initial access vectors, and by January 2026 it had already generated a dozen hits.
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