Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-3262

Title: Format string vulnerability in WinRAR

XXE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2005-3262

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 20, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

8.79%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-3262: Format string vulnerability in RARLAB WinRAR 2.90 through 3.50 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a UUE/XXE file, which are not properly handled when WinRAR displays diagnostic errors related to an invalid filename.

Impacted Vendors

rarlab 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/16973/ http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-53/advisory/ http://www.rarlabs.com/rarnew.htm http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15062 http://secunia.com/advisories/16973/ http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-53/advisory/ http://www.rarlabs.com/rarnew.htm http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15062

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-3262 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26342

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 20, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.