Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0331
CVE-2005-0331
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in WinRAR 3.42 and earlier, when the user clicks on the ZIP file to extract it, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a ... (triple dot) in the filename of the ZIP file.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.10_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.10_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:3.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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