CVE-2025-31334 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting WinRAR versions prior to 7.11, allowing attackers to bypass the "Mark of the Web" security warning. This bypass occurs when a specially crafted symbolic link pointing to an executable is opened, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The attack requires high privileges and user interaction, but if successful, it can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.