High severity · published Mar 29, 2023
CVE-2022-43650
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR 6.11.0.0
7.1
CVSS
23%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR 6.11.0.0. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of ZIP files. Crafted data in a ZIP file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-19232.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.0% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Winrar · Rarlab
6.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43650
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43650
Release Notes
https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=216&cHash=983dfbcc83fb1b64a5f792891a281709
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-092/
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