"WinRAR Patches 19-Year-Old Security Vulnerability That Put Millions at Risk"

Submitted by grigby1 on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 5:44pm

A 19-year old security vulnerability in WinRAR, discovered by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies, has been patched. The WinRAR bug could allow the extraction of a malicious program to a computer's startup folder, which could then be executed the next time the computer is started. This article continues to discuss the bug and how it has been addressed.

The Verge reports "WinRAR Patches 19-Year-Old Security Vulnerability That Put Millions at Risk"

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