WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2025-8088)

WinRAR released a security patch to address a vulnerability allowing attackers to hijack user extraction processes and plant malicious files in unintended system locations. Tracked as CVE-2025-8088, the vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 8.4. Anton Cherepanov, Peter Kosinar, and Peter Strycek from ESET discovered and reported the vulnerability to … Continue reading “WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2025-8088)”