Older WinRAR versions let malicious archives override the user-specified path via crafted archives, enabling stealthy system compromise.

ESET warns that at least two Russian hacking groups are using the zero-day flaw in WinRAR for cyberespionage purposes.

A few weeks earlier 'zeroplayer' advertised an $80K WinRAR 0-day exploit Russia-linked attackers found and exploited a high-severity WinRAR vulnerability before the maintainers of the Windows file archiver issued a fix.