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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives

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WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

A high-severity vulnerability has been fixed in WinRAR, the popular file archiver utility for Windows used by millions, that can execute commands on a computer simply by opening an archive.

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WinRAR also lets you delete files from a RAR archive, 7zip does not.

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