22793.rar 〈HD〉

The archive contains a file with a relative path like C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\exploit.exe .

The file is a well-known proof-of-concept (PoC) archive used to demonstrate a critical vulnerability in WinRAR (tracked as CVE-2018-20250 ). 22793.rar

For years, this was one of the most "reliable" ways for hackers to infect systems because: Users generally trust .rar files. The archive contains a file with a relative

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The file is an ACE archive renamed with a .rar extension to trick the user.

This vulnerability allowed attackers to execute code remotely by simply having a user extract a specially crafted archive. 🛡️ The Vulnerability: CVE-2018-20250