CVE-2005-0331

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

WinRAR: 3.0.0, 3.10, 3.10_beta3, 3.10_beta5, 3.11, 3.20 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737609604210&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12422
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20585
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737609604210&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12422
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20585

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