Description

In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.60, there is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability during parsing of crafted ACE and RAR archive formats. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 5, 2019, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 11:39 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-20252 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20252 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rarlab winrar
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-20252.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106948 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

its fork winafl

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2023, 9:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 165 different CVEs too.

WinAFL modified for RDP client fuzzing

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
13 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Dec. 18, 2022, 1:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 163 different CVEs too.

None

CMake C HTML JavaScript CSS C++ Perl PLpgSQL Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 23, 2022, 10:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 165 different CVEs too.

None

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 10, 2022, 5:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 163 different CVEs too.

None

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 4 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 12, 2020, 2:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 132 different CVEs too.

winafl with mopt mutators and afl fast power schedulers.

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
20 stars 8 fork 8 watcher
Born at : Oct. 24, 2020, 2:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 133 different CVEs too.

Script in PowerShell to detect vulnerable versions of WinRAR (related to ACE files) in a Windows domain.

PowerShell

Updated: 4 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 8, 2019, 7:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

A fork of AFL for fuzzing Windows binaries

fuzzing security afl

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Python Rich Text Format

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
2310 stars 486 fork 486 watcher
Born at : July 7, 2016, 11:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 165 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-20252 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20252 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CWE-787
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/ No Types Assigned https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.61 OR *cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.60
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description There is an out-of-bounds writes vulnerability during parsing of crafted ACE and RAR archive formats. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.60, there is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability during parsing of crafted ACE and RAR archive formats. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
    Added Reference https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106948 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106948 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106948 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html No Types Assigned https://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.61
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-20252 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-20252 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.25 }} 0.03%

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0.65065

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