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Newly discovered WinRAR exploit linked to Russian hacking group, can plant backdoor malware — zero day hack requires manual update to fix
WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 has been fixed in version 7.13.
A new vulnerability in file archiving software WinRAR has come to light that can potentially install backdoor malware on Windows PCs. The zero-day vulnerability was discovered by security researchers at ESET and has been tracked as CVE-2025-8088 which is said to be actively exploited by the Russian-linked hacking group RomCom. A similar directory traversal flaw was spotted back in June, when independent security researcher “whs3-detonator” reported CVE-2025-6218 to Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative.
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