⚠️ CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Active ThreatThis vulnerability is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Active exploitation has been observed in the wild. This poses significant risk to federal enterprises and should be prioritized for immediate patching.
CVE-2025-6218
Low CISA KEVVulnerability Description
RARLAB WinRAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of file paths within archive files. A crafted file path can cause the process to traverse to unintended directories. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27198.
Known Affected Software
59 configuration(s) from 1 vendor(s)
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.60_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.60_beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:7.01:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.60_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.60_beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.70_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.60_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.70_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.70_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.60_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:2.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.70_beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:7.00:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:6.21:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:7.11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.70:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.10_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.70_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:7.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:6.24:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.60_beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.70_beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.60_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.70_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.70_beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:6.20:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.10_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:4.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References & Resources
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https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=276&cHash=388885bd3908a40726f535c026f94eb6zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com Release Notes
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https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-409/zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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https://foresiet.com/blog/apt-c-08-winrar-directory-traversal-exploit/134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 Exploit Third Party Advisory
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https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-6218134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 US Government Resource
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https://www.secpod.com/blog/archive-terror-dissecting-the-winrar-cve-2025-6218-exploit-apt-c-08s-stealth-move/134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Severity Details
CISA KEV Status
Listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Key Information
- Published Date
- June 21, 2025
