CVE-2019-25477

MEDIUM

RAR Password Recovery 1.80 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-25477. PoCs published by Achilles.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a large buffer of 'A' characters (6000 bytes) and writes it to a file named 'Evil.txt'. When this content is pasted into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field in RAR Password Recovery v1.80, it triggers a denial of service (DoS) due to a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

RAR Password Recovery 1.80 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized payload in the registration dialog. Attackers can craft a malicious input string exceeding 6000 bytes and paste it into the User Name and Registration Code field to trigger an application crash.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Achilles · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47285

This exploit generates a large buffer of 'A' characters (6000 bytes) and writes it to a file named 'Evil.txt'. When this content is pasted into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field in RAR Password Recovery v1.80, it triggers a denial of service (DoS) due to a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: RAR Password Recovery v1.80
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Python to generate the payload · Access to the registration dialog in RAR Password Recovery
devstral-2 · analyzed Mar 12, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47285

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
Top-Password/RAR Password Recovery 1.80
Published Mar 11, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 12, 2026