CVE-2015-5663 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in WinRAR versions prior to 5.30 beta 5. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious file with a name similar to an extensionless file selected by a user, leading to arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges. While rated as High severity (CVSS 7.4) due to its potential for full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, the attack complexity is high. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:beta_4:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
<= 5.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:beta_4:*:*:*:*:x86:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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