WinRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9790
Release Date: 2003-09-19
Last Update: 2004-04-12
Popularity: 7,333 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:WinRAR 3.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in WinRAR, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.20 and is similar to a known vulnerability in UnZip.

For more information:
SA8781

Solution:
According to the vendor this has been fixed in version 3.30.

Provided and/or discovered by:
jelmer

Changelog:
2004-04-12: Updated solution.

Other References:
SA8781:
http://secunia.com/advisories/8781/


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