Refine your search
1 vulnerability found for by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
CVE-2018-20250 (GCVE-0-2018-20250)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-02-05 20:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:45
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-36 - Absolute Path Traversal
Summary
In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, There is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (in UNACEV2.dll). When the filename field is manipulated with specific patterns, the destination (extraction) folder is ignored, thus treating the filename as an absolute path.
References
| URL | Tags | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | WinRAR |
Version: All versions prior and including 5.61 |
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T11:58:19.126Z",
"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"shortName": "CVE"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://github.com/blau72/CVE-2018-20250-WinRAR-ACE"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/"
},
{
"name": "46552",
"tags": [
"exploit",
"x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46552/"
},
{
"name": "106948",
"tags": [
"vdb-entry",
"x_refsource_BID",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106948"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152618/RARLAB-WinRAR-ACE-Format-Input-Validation-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/winrar_ace"
},
{
"name": "46756",
"tags": [
"exploit",
"x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46756/"
}
],
"title": "CVE Program Container"
},
{
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 7.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
}
},
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2018-20250",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "active"
},
{
"Automatable": "no"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2025-02-07T13:40:28.345239Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
},
{
"other": {
"content": {
"dateAdded": "2022-02-15",
"reference": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-20250"
},
"type": "kev"
}
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:45:43.535Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"government-resource"
],
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-20250"
}
],
"timeline": [
{
"lang": "en",
"time": "2022-02-15T00:00:00+00:00",
"value": "CVE-2018-20250 added to CISA KEV"
}
],
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"product": "WinRAR",
"vendor": "Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "All versions prior and including 5.61"
}
]
}
],
"datePublic": "2019-02-05T00:00:00.000Z",
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, There is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (in UNACEV2.dll). When the filename field is manipulated with specific patterns, the destination (extraction) folder is ignored, thus treating the filename as an absolute path."
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-36",
"description": "CWE-36: Absolute Path Traversal",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2019-04-25T18:06:08.000Z",
"orgId": "897c38be-0345-43cd-b6cf-fe179e0c4f45",
"shortName": "checkpoint"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://github.com/blau72/CVE-2018-20250-WinRAR-ACE"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/"
},
{
"name": "46552",
"tags": [
"exploit",
"x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"
],
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46552/"
},
{
"name": "106948",
"tags": [
"vdb-entry",
"x_refsource_BID"
],
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106948"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152618/RARLAB-WinRAR-ACE-Format-Input-Validation-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/winrar_ace"
},
{
"name": "46756",
"tags": [
"exploit",
"x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"
],
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46756/"
}
],
"x_legacyV4Record": {
"CVE_data_meta": {
"ASSIGNER": "cve@checkpoint.com",
"DATE_PUBLIC": "2019-02-05T00:00:00",
"ID": "CVE-2018-20250",
"STATE": "PUBLIC"
},
"affects": {
"vendor": {
"vendor_data": [
{
"product": {
"product_data": [
{
"product_name": "WinRAR",
"version": {
"version_data": [
{
"version_value": "All versions prior and including 5.61"
}
]
}
}
]
},
"vendor_name": "Check Point Software Technologies Ltd."
}
]
}
},
"data_format": "MITRE",
"data_type": "CVE",
"data_version": "4.0",
"description": {
"description_data": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, There is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (in UNACEV2.dll). When the filename field is manipulated with specific patterns, the destination (extraction) folder is ignored, thus treating the filename as an absolute path."
}
]
},
"problemtype": {
"problemtype_data": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "CWE-36: Absolute Path Traversal"
}
]
}
]
},
"references": {
"reference_data": [
{
"name": "https://github.com/blau72/CVE-2018-20250-WinRAR-ACE",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "https://github.com/blau72/CVE-2018-20250-WinRAR-ACE"
},
{
"name": "https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/"
},
{
"name": "46552",
"refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46552/"
},
{
"name": "106948",
"refsource": "BID",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106948"
},
{
"name": "https://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "https://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html"
},
{
"name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152618/RARLAB-WinRAR-ACE-Format-Input-Validation-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152618/RARLAB-WinRAR-ACE-Format-Input-Validation-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/winrar_ace",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/winrar_ace"
},
{
"name": "46756",
"refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46756/"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "897c38be-0345-43cd-b6cf-fe179e0c4f45",
"assignerShortName": "checkpoint",
"cveId": "CVE-2018-20250",
"datePublished": "2019-02-05T20:00:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2018-12-19T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:45:43.535Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}