WinRAR security flaw ignores Windows Mark of the Web security warnings (www.tomshardware.com)

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I once got a really nasty cryptominer that shut down all attempt to remove it via a fully patched WinRar opening an archive with what seemed to mostly JPEGs (maybe some PDFs as well). Perhaps this vulnerablility the root enabler of the cryptominer.

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