CVE-2025-6218

HIGH KEV

RARLAB WinRAR - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

RARLAB WinRAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR. 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 handling of file paths within archive files. A crafted file path can cause the process to traverse to unintended directories. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27198.

Exploits (6)

nomisec WORKING POC 30 stars
by skimask1690 · client-side
https://github.com/skimask1690/CVE-2025-6218-POC
nomisec WRITEUP 17 stars
by speinador · client-side
https://github.com/speinador/CVE-2025-6218_WinRAR
nomisec WORKING POC 14 stars
by absholi7ly · client-side
https://github.com/absholi7ly/CVE-2025-6218-WinRAR-Directory-Traversal-RCE
nomisec WORKING POC 11 stars
by ignis-sec · client-side
https://github.com/ignis-sec/CVE-2025-6218
nomisec WORKING POC 10 stars
by mulwareX · client-side
https://github.com/mulwareX/CVE-2025-6218-POC
nomisec WORKING POC 3 stars
by Chrxstxqn · client-side
https://github.com/Chrxstxqn/CVE-2025-6218-WinRAR-RCE-POC

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0617
EPSS Percentile 90.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CISA KEV 2025-12-09
VulnCheck KEV 2025-08-08
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2025-28706
CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
rarlab/winrar < 7.12
Published Jun 21, 2025
KEV Added Dec 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026