Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-8088

CISA KEV Active

Title: Rarlab Winrar RCE

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2025-8088

CWE Category CWE-35
Published Date Aug 08, 2025
Modified Date Oct 30, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 8.4 CVSS v4.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
80.91%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-8088: A path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR allows the attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files. This vulnerability was exploited in the wild and was discovered by Anton Cherepanov, Peter Košinár, and Peter Strýček from ESET.

Impacted Vendors

R
rarlab 1
D
dtsearch 1

Reference Links

https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5 https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/ https://support.dtsearch.com/faq/dts0245.htm https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-detect-winrar-zero-day https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-mitigate-winrar-zero-day-using-srp-and-ifeo https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8088 https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/#the-discovery-of-cve-2025-8088
CVSS v4.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
ACTIVE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
N/A
RAW VECTOR CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-8088 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/4daysday/cve-2025-8088
View Code
GitHub https://github.com/sxyrxyy/CVE-2025-8088-WinRAR-Proof-of-Concept-PoC-Exploit-
View Code
GitHub https://github.com/onlytoxi/CVE-2025-8088-Winrar-Tool
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction ACTIVE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.