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New WinRAR Vulnerability Could Allow Hackers to Take Control of Your PC

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()1 min read1 · 1 read
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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2023-40477
RARLAB WinRAR Recovery Volume Improper Validation of Array Index Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
7.811%

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 Ravie Lakshmanan  Aug 21, 2023 Vulnerability / Cyber Threat A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the WinRAR utility that could be potentially exploited by a threat actor to achieve remote code execution on Windows systems. Tracked as CVE-2023-40477 (CVSS score: 7. 8), the vulnerability has been described as a case of improper validation while processing recovery volumes.

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