ID:2004 - Exploit for Privilege escalation in WinRAR - CVE-2018-20250

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:2004 - Exploit for Privilege escalation in WinRAR - CVE-2018-20250

ID:2004 - Exploit for Privilege escalation in WinRAR - CVE-2018-20250

Published: March 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17468
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20250
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Vulnerable software:
WinRAR

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to a logical bug. A local attacker can craft the filename field of the ACE format, cause the destination folder (extraction folder) to be ignored, and the relative path in the filename field to become an absolute Path, extract a file to an arbitrary location and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


Remediation

Update to version 5.70 Beta 1.