Safety vulnerability was detected in Winrar

A new vulnerability has emerged in Winrar, which everyone has used many times.

Discovered by Shimamine Taihei from Japan -based Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, by jumping the attackers’ Mark of the Web ”security mechanism by the attackers users’ computers to infect malware allows.

It is recommended that you update your winrars

This deficit, which is followed with the code CV-2025-31334, is currently evaluated with mid-level threat points (6.8/10). As it is known, MOTW warns users about potential hazards by adding a security label to the executable files downloaded from the internet, but it can neutralize this security layer through these open, archived files in Winrar.

The basis of the deficit lies symbolic connections. These connections appear in a way with fake names of files or folders, but Instead of creating a copy of the real file, it only deceives the user. When the attackers create a symbolic connection to a executive file with Motw label, the sacrifice does not show Windows security warning if it runs this connection.

Winrar developers, this problem announced that they are resolving in the new update 7.11 But many people continue to use the old versions of Winrar. For this reason, the company recommends that users urgently switch to the latest version.